- Brief description
- Authentication note for a silver goblet for punch owned by Charles Dickens
- Label
- Georgina Hogarth was Dickens's sister-in-law, confidant, and housekeeper. Even after Dickens separated from Georgina's sister Catherine, she continued to live with and support Dickens. After his death in 1870, Georgina was one of two executors of Dickens's will and oversaw the distribution and sale of his possessions. Later in life Georgina had money troubles and sold off her remaining collection of Dickens's possessions. She wrote small notes guaranteeing items were genuine and explaining their significance to Dickens's life. Hogarth gifted this punch goblet to Dickens - the perfect gift as Dickens loved punch and even had his own recipe which involved a lot of gin and lemon juice.
- Collection
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Object number
- B235
- Object type
- document
- Production person
- Hogarth, Georgina
- Production date
- 1870-1917
- Inscription content
- I certify that I gave this Silver Punch Goblet to my Brother in law Charles Dickens in 1859 and that from that date it was always used by him until his death at Gad's Hill on 9th June 1870, and that since then it has always been in my possession and used by me.
Georgina Hogarth
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