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 trophy jug is not available for purchase online. If you would like more information or are interested to buy it, please contact us.
Dimensions:
1838
London
Excellent
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