Lot Essay
For the maker see J.B. Hawkins, Australian Silver 1800-1900, 1973, pp. 48-51
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William Kerr (1839-1896)
The Sydney Cup: an Emu's egg mounted on two models of cyclist's on Penny-Farthings, the egg decorated with a coat-of-arms stamped 'ADVANCE AUSTRALIA' and surmounted with a model of a Kangaroo, the whole drawn by a model of an Emu, on a naturalistic base with makers mark 'W. KERR' with a scroll on the wooden base engraved 'THE SYDNEY CUP/Presented by/THE SYDNEY BICYCLE CLUB/New South Wales/to the/SURREY BICYCLE CLUB/England
11in. (25.4cm.) high including wooden base
with wooden presentation case
The Sydney Cup: an Emu's egg mounted on two models of cyclist's on Penny-Farthings, the egg decorated with a coat-of-arms stamped 'ADVANCE AUSTRALIA' and surmounted with a model of a Kangaroo, the whole drawn by a model of an Emu, on a naturalistic base with makers mark 'W. KERR' with a scroll on the wooden base engraved 'THE SYDNEY CUP/Presented by/THE SYDNEY BICYCLE CLUB/New South Wales/to the/SURREY BICYCLE CLUB/England
11in. (25.4cm.) high including wooden base
with wooden presentation case