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The inscription reads: ROYAL HUNT CUP, ASCOT 1883, WON BY HON. W. GERARD'S b. c. "ELZEVIR" 3 yrs old. 7 st. 7lb. ridden by C. WOOD
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A LATIN AMERICAN COLLECTOR
THE ROYAL HUNT CUP, ASCOT, 1883
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THE ROYAL HUNT CUP, ASCOT, 1883
A MONUMENTAL VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT TANKARD
MAKER'S MARK OF CHARLES FREDERICK HANCOCK, LONDON, 1882
Cylindrical, on domed spreading foot chased with a band of putti, bearded masks and hounds inhabiting foliage and fruit with scrolls at intervals on a matted ground, below an applied beaded border, the body elaborately cast and chased with a scene of Romans in combat against Visigoths, the front applied with a cast figure of a spread eagle, the handle formed as a satyr astride a scroll holding aloft two young satyrs entwined in amorous dalliance and headed by a winged sea monster, the hinged domed cover chased with a scene of Knights engaging in combat and surmounted by a water-leaf finial with central flange headed by a plain knop, the rim engraved with an inscription, marked on body, cover and finial, the foot stamped HANCOCKS & CO 39 BRUTON ST LONDON
18¼in. (46.4cm.) high; 164oz. (5104gr.)
A MONUMENTAL VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT TANKARD
MAKER'S MARK OF CHARLES FREDERICK HANCOCK, LONDON, 1882
Cylindrical, on domed spreading foot chased with a band of putti, bearded masks and hounds inhabiting foliage and fruit with scrolls at intervals on a matted ground, below an applied beaded border, the body elaborately cast and chased with a scene of Romans in combat against Visigoths, the front applied with a cast figure of a spread eagle, the handle formed as a satyr astride a scroll holding aloft two young satyrs entwined in amorous dalliance and headed by a winged sea monster, the hinged domed cover chased with a scene of Knights engaging in combat and surmounted by a water-leaf finial with central flange headed by a plain knop, the rim engraved with an inscription, marked on body, cover and finial, the foot stamped HANCOCKS & CO 39 BRUTON ST LONDON
18¼in. (46.4cm.) high; 164oz. (5104gr.)