1947 年的皇家婚礼水果蛋糕在拍卖会上以 2,200 英镑成交

拍卖师雷曼·丹西 (Reeman Dansie) 表示，这块水果蛋糕是在床下发现的，装在手提箱的原始盒子里，还附有一张邮戳为 1948 年 4 月 21 日的介绍卡。

A slice of fruit cake from the wedding of the Queen has sold at auction for £2,200.

女王婚礼上的一块水果蛋糕在拍卖会上以 2,200 英镑的价格售出。

The cake was found under a bed in a suitcase in the original box, along with a presentation card postmarked April 21 1948, auctioneers Reeman Dansie said.

拍卖师雷曼·丹西 (Reeman Dansie) 表示，这块蛋糕是在床底下发现的，装在手提箱的原始盒子里，还有一张邮戳为 1948 年 4 月 21 日的展示卡。

It was put up for sale by the family of Marion Polson, an ex-member of the Royal Household who worked at Holyroodhouse from 1931 to 1969 and who later died in the 1980s.

它是由前王室成员马里昂·波尔森 (Marion Polson) 的家人出售的，她于 1931 年至 1969 年间在荷里路德宫工作，后来于 20 世纪 80 年代去世。

Slices of the cake were gifted to royal staff to mark the wedding of then-Princess Elizabeth to Lieutenant Prince Philip of Greece R.N. on November 20 1947.

1947 年 11 月 20 日，当时的伊丽莎白公主与希腊皇家海军菲利普亲王中尉结婚，这块蛋糕被赠送给王室工作人员。

The fully packaged cake in its original state is “very rare” and was expected to gather £500, but was sold over the phone on Tuesday to a Chinese buyer for £2,200.

完整包装的蛋糕在其原始状态下“非常罕见”，预计售价 500 英镑，但周二通过电话以 2,200 英镑的价格卖给了一位中国买家。

Jonathan Benson, auctioneer at Reeman Dansie, said: “It’s incredibly rare because normally, of course, people would have eaten it.

Reeman Dansie 的拍卖师乔纳森·本森 (Jonathan Benson) 表示：“它非常罕见，因为通常情况下，人们当然会吃掉它。

“The cakes were made at a time when rationing was still fully enforced.

“这些蛋糕是在配给仍然全面执行的时候制作的。

“It would have been such a treat for the household staff, the obvious thing to do was eat them.

“这对家政人员来说真是一种享受，显而易见的事情就是吃掉它们。

“Fruit cake to my knowledge is pretty resilient, it’s dried out but I don’t think it goes off, and while we have not tried it, it may retain some of its flavour.

“据我所知，水果蛋糕很有弹性，它已经干了，但我不认为它会变质，虽然我们还没有尝试过，但它可能会保留一些味道。

“It’s amazing how much interest a piece of fruit cake can create in one day.”

“一块水果蛋糕一天之内就能产生如此多的兴趣，真是太神奇了。”