The Crown of Scotland, 1938 (colour litho)

Scottish Crown Jewels, the Honours of Scotland, are oldest coronation regalia in Britain; crown was remodelled in 1540 by Edinburgh goldsmith, John Mosman, for King James V (1512-42) and last worn by Charles II for his coronation at Scone in 1651; hidden from capture by Cromwell and the English during the Commonwealth; after the Union of Scotland and England in 1707, the regalia were forgotten until discovered by Sir Walter Scott in 1818 in an old chest in Edinburgh Castle; crown now displayed at the opening of new sessions of the Scottish Parliament; from a series of illustrations of famous royal crowns published by the cigarette manufacturer, Godfrey Phillips, to coincide with the public interest in royalty and regalia after the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1937;