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12 de may. de 2024 · A pocket watch once gifted to Sir Winston Churchill by Herbert Henry Asquith in 1905 is to be sold at auction. The 18-carat gold pocket watch is engraved with the former Conservative prime...
12 de may. de 2024 · The timepiece holds historical significance as it was given to Britain’s most famous prime minister by Herbert Henry Asquith, who would later become the country’s first Liberal prime minister. The gift was a token of appreciation for Churchill, then a Conservative, having crossed the aisle to back the Liberals.
30 de may. de 2024 · The Silver Birch Poem by Herbert Asquith. Poems Books Biography Comments. The Silver Birch. O SILVER one, O silver one, Above the valley of the Bane: O stem with snow - water agleam, And glistening limbs, and trails of pearl. The sun has sent a slanting kiss: Red fire and gold, his arrows burn: Now that he aims a shaft at thee,
24 de may. de 2024 · A pocket watch given to Winston Churchill by fellow Prime Minister Herbert Asquith has sold for well over double its estimate at auction. The 1905 18-carat gold pocket watch realised £76,000 at a sale in Maidenhead yesterday, May 23, after listing with a £20,000 to £30,000 estimate.
30 de may. de 2024 · Pocket watch linking two prime ministers more than doubles estimate at Berkshire auction. A pocket watch given to Sir Winston Churchill by Henry Herbert Asquith for Christmas in 1905 sold for £76,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at Berkshire auction house Dawsons.
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13 de may. de 2024 · The timepiece was originally gifted to the former Prime Minister by Herbert Henry Asquith, another former leader of His Majesty’s Government. Made by renowned watchmaker Sir John Bennett, the minute-repeating full hunter pocket watch is estimated to fetch over £30,000.
