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The interior is almost certainly imaginary (as opposed to being specifically of Whitehall Palace), although the event itself could have been witnessed by Houckgeest, who seems to have been at the English court sometime during the mid-1630s. Charles I owne
Public Dining in the Reign of Charles II (1630-1685)

The ritual of public dining and its trappings in the time of Charles II

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Four St. George's Salts

1821 later addition

RCIN 31777

Four St. George's Salts©

These salts may have been acquired for the coronation banquet of Charles II but the presence of the equestrian knight makes it more likely that they were ordered for the banquet of Garter Knights. This was held ahead of the coronation on 15 April 1661 and then used at subsequent Garter banquets.


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