Provenance Queen Elisabeth Of Belgium, Christening Goblet In Sterling Silver, Delheid Frères

Charming christening goblet in solid silver with the figure of the Queen of the Belgians, Elisabeth.
The stamp was made in the workshops of the Delheid brothers in Brussels before 1934. It perfectly reflects the artistic and avant-garde personality of this sovereign, who opted for a resolutely Art Deco and cubist style, rather than the classic timbale of King Baudouin's reign.
These christening stamps and other birth gifts bearing the figures of Belgian kings and queens were generally given to the seventh son or seventh daughter born into a family where seven births of the same sex followed each other.
Royal custom dictates that in such cases, the king becomes godfather to the seventh son or the queen becomes godmother to the seventh daughter.
The same custom dictates that the child in question receives the baptismal name of the sovereign in question .
So many Belgian children are named Leopold , Albert or Baudoin.
The same applies to little Elisabeth , Astrid or Fabiola .
Present-day demographics mean that these cases are seriously diminishing, but the custom is still followed today, according to my research.