A LARGE VICTORIAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED PRESENTATION CUP AND COVER
A LARGE VICTORIAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED PRESENTATION CUP AND COVER

MARK OF D. & J. WELLBY, LONDON, 1899

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A LARGE VICTORIAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED PRESENTATION CUP AND COVER
Mark of D. & J. Wellby, London, 1899
Urn form on a spreading circular foot chased with leaf border, the lower body chased with stiff-leaf calyx, the shoulder with scrolling acanthus band, with two leaf-clad upswept handles, the domed cover chased with a stiff-leaf border and bud finial, the body engraved with a presentation inscription and applied with an enamel coat-of-arms, the interior gilt, fully marked, also engraved with retailer's mark WEST AND SON, DUBLIN
33in. (84cm.) high; 270oz. (8416gr.)
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GRAND PRIX de VICHY, TIR AUX PIGEONS 1958

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Russell B. Aitken at his home "Champs Soleil," Newport. Photographed with his coveted trophy, The Grand Prix de Vichy, won in 1958 (Town & Country, July 1974)