“The Godmother's Present” - a Royal Danish 14k gold and silver box, of rectangular form, sloping lid chased-engraved with the framed motorship “Kina” and the monogram of Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, body embossed with Nakskov city coat of arms and five views from Nakskov Ship Building Yard, some with “Kina”, interior with plaquette engraved with data of “Kina”, twin handles and four flat ball feet with ivory. A. Dragsted, Copenhagen 1938. Weight 2,300 g. (incl. ivory parts and wooden lining). H. 8.5 cm. L. 27 cm. CITES included. (2)
Items that are made of ivory or contain parts of it, cannot be exported from Denmark to a country outside The European Union. Bidders residing outside the European Union are thus not able to acquire this piece.
Provenance: Gift from The East Asiatic Company (ØK) to Queen Alexandrine of Denmark (1879–1952), when she was godmother of their motorship “Kina”, buil Nakskov Ship Building Yard and launched in 1938; her son, Hereditary Prince Knud of Denmark (1900–1976); his daughter, Princess Elisabeth of Danmark (1935–2018). Before her death the box was given to private Danish ownership, which it has been until today.
Photograph: From the ship launching and christening of M/S Kina in 1938. To the left and right King Christian X and Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, in the middle his cousin, Prince Axel of Denmark (1888–1964), director of ØK 1934–1953. (Historiens Hus Nakskov).