A trophy

BY R.A. ZUTT, 1913

细节

A trophy
By R.A. Zutt, 1913
Hammered ribbed flower form on a cappela foot with an inscribed lid depicting a seated Lion holding a shield with the King's cypher in gold, the lid inscribed NAGY.POZSONYJ.AKAD'ALYVERSENY.1914'APRILIS.30 and underneath A.GYOZTES.LOVASNAK.ADJA.O.CSASZ'ARI.'ES.APOST.KIR.FELS'EGE
13¾in. (35cm.) high
Marked underneath OPUS.R.A.ZUTT.1913. next to an applied disc marked R A Z under a helmet and three stars

拍品专文

The inscription means "Great Pozsony (Bratislava) steeple chase 30 April 1914, given to the winning rider by His Imperial Apostolic Royal Majesty" (Franois-Joseph, as the cipher in gold reminds us). As it was a royal gift it has no assay marks, as such marks were used as a guarantee of the quality of the material but also to show that the state tax had been paid, which clearly was not necessary in the case of a royal trophy.