Large early Victorian silver-gilt horse racing jug
Large early Victorian silver-gilt horse racing jug
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Massive and exceptional early Victorian gilded silver jug presented for the Queen's Plate at the 1839 Richmond Races. It was won by Beeswing (1833-1854), a British thoroughbred hailed as the greatest mare in Britain and one of the greatest of all time.
This majestic piece is richly adorned with finely hand-chased decoration of textured leaves, lion masks and dolphin heads among scrolling cartouches and textured backgrounds. On each side are cast and applied horse models in high relief.
This is a particularly heavy piece with superb quality decoration. Classical masks feature around the knopped stem and a beautifully modelled mask of Bacchus is cast and applied below the spout.
This excellent silver-gilt horse racing trophy jug is not available to purchase online. Please contact us if you would like more information or are interested to buy it.
Dimensions:
1838
London
Excellent
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