Queen Victoria's silver gift to Prince Albert on sale for £200,000 In her diary, the Queen wrote: "These I gave him (from myself), a fine opal .... set with diamonds, a silver figure of "Eos," A Field Marshal's Baton .... all of which he was much pleased with." According to Garrard's ledger, the model was made in July 1840 and cost £42 5 shillings. Eos, who was painted by Sir Edwin Landseer and became one of the most famous dogs of the era, was accidentally shot by Queen Victoria's uncle Prince Ferdinand but survived, dying of natural causes in 1843. The model will be on sale at Art Antiques London on Thursday, June 14 at a pavilion on the Albert Memorial West Lawn in Kensington Gardens, London, opposite the Albert Hall.