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PROPERTY FROM A CALIFORNIA COLLECTION
A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT REPLICA OF THE NEWMARKET CUP
MARK OF JAMES UNITT PARKES, LONDON, 1897
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A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT REPLICA OF THE NEWMARKET CUP
MARK OF JAMES UNITT PARKES, LONDON, 1897
Vase form, on spiral fluted circular foot with braided border, the cup with water-leaf calyx base, the upswept handles with rosettes, bellflowers and leaf joins, the body applied with grapevines, bead and lion's-mask borders, the neck with a continuous scene of horses, jockeys and trainers, one side applied with an oval plaque of horses racing engraved TO THE BEST IN ENGLAND, the other side applied with a plaque of horses grazing in a field, the domed cover chased with rosettes, stiff leaf borders and surmounted by a bud finial, marked on body, cover bezel and under final, the foot engraved Facsimile of the Newmarket Cup and J. Parkes. 12 VIGO ST. LONDON W FECIT 1897
20½in. (52cm.) high; 176oz. (5485gr.)
MARK OF JAMES UNITT PARKES, LONDON, 1897
Vase form, on spiral fluted circular foot with braided border, the cup with water-leaf calyx base, the upswept handles with rosettes, bellflowers and leaf joins, the body applied with grapevines, bead and lion's-mask borders, the neck with a continuous scene of horses, jockeys and trainers, one side applied with an oval plaque of horses racing engraved TO THE BEST IN ENGLAND, the other side applied with a plaque of horses grazing in a field, the domed cover chased with rosettes, stiff leaf borders and surmounted by a bud finial, marked on body, cover bezel and under final, the foot engraved Facsimile of the Newmarket Cup and J. Parkes. 12 VIGO ST. LONDON W FECIT 1897
20½in. (52cm.) high; 176oz. (5485gr.)