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Described as, "The Mad Marriage" by Queen Victoria the union between the Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts and her male secretary, an American by the name William Lehman Ashead Bartlett, who was 40 years her junior, could have been the scandal of Victorian England in 1881. A royal license had to be obtained to change Mr. Bartlett's name to Mr. Burdett Coutts, in accordance with British law.
The Baroness who in 1837, at the age of twenty three inherited her grandfathers fortune and became the owner of Coutts private bank, making her one of the wealthiest women in Victorian England.
The riding cane was produced by the London firm of Callow & Sons. The cane is fashioned of holly and measures 35 inches in length with a traditional crowned stag handle. The two inch stering silver collar has the 1881 assay marks for London.
The collar is engraved with the name Mr. Burdett Coutts.
Could this elegant riding cane have been a wedding gift for the young horse enthusiast?
This unique piece of history is being offered by Equestrian Classics of Lexington along with a 1992 First Edition copy of Edna Healey's, "Coutts&Co. 1692-1992"
Price: $6,500.00
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