CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FROM QUEEN VICTORIA TO HER FAVORITE PERSONAL SERVANT, JOHN BROWN, SOLD FOR £23,400 AT BONHAMS SCOTTISH SALE IN EDINBURGH. A SILVER MOUNTED CLARET JUG, ENGRAVED 'V.R. TO J.B/VICTORIA 1872', WHICH REMAINED IN BROWN'S FAMILY UNTIL ACQUIRED BY THE CURRENT OWNER IN THE 1960s, SOLD FOR £14,300. IT HAD BEEN ESTIMATED AT £4,000 – 6,000. A TEAPOT ENGRAVED 'FROM VICTORIA R/CHRISTMAS 1876' AND MONOGRAMMED 'J.B.', WHICH WAS ESTIMATED FOR £5,000 – 7,000, SOLD FOR £9000. TWO VERY PERSONAL TRIBUTES TO BROWN PRODUCED AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1883 ALSO SOLD FOR WELL OVER THEIR ESTIMATES. A PRESENTATION MEMORIAL LOCKET CONTAINING AN ENAMELED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF JOHN BROWN AND A LOCK OF HIS HAIR INSCRIBED ON THE FRONT 'DEAR JOHN/27 MARCH 1883' AND ON THE REVERSE 'FROM V.R.I.' MADE £13,200. A MEMORIAL STICKPIN WITH AN ENAMELED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT AND THE ENGRAVING 'UNCLE JOHN/27 MARCH/FROM V.R.I.' PRESENTED BY THE QUEEN TO ONE OF BROWN'S NEPHEWS FETCHED £4,560. A GOLD MEMORIAL STICKPIN OF BROWN DESIGNED FOR HER HIGHLAND SERVANTS AND COTTAGERS TO BE WORN ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH, MADE £2,880. AND FINALLY, A PAINTED PORCELAIN PLAQUE OF ONE OF THE QUEEN VICTORIA'S FAVORITE DOGS, FERN, PRESENTED TO BROWN BY HER MAJESTY WAS SOLD FOR £10,560.
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