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It has been suggested that, as there was no racing on the Flat in the United Kingdom or Ireland on 21st. September 1868, it is most likely that St. George's was a racing venue in the U.S.A. or Canada
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AN ENGLISH PORCELAIN INSCRIBED AND DATED TWO-HANDLED PRESENTATION VASE AND COVER
1868
The tapering claret-ground ogee-shaped body painted with two jockeys neck-and-neck at a finishing-post within a gilt trefoil cartouche outlined with gilt grapevine, flanked by two white and gilt entwined-branch-moulded handles, the reverse inscribed in gilt St. George's Races; September 21st. 1868, within a gilt cartouche of ribbon-tied wheat and strawberries, the cover with a white and gilt strawberry finial within a border of gilt vine, on a spreading circular foot (minor crazing and staining to glaze), 1868
10¾in. (27.4cm.) high
1868
The tapering claret-ground ogee-shaped body painted with two jockeys neck-and-neck at a finishing-post within a gilt trefoil cartouche outlined with gilt grapevine, flanked by two white and gilt entwined-branch-moulded handles, the reverse inscribed in gilt St. George's Races; September 21st. 1868, within a gilt cartouche of ribbon-tied wheat and strawberries, the cover with a white and gilt strawberry finial within a border of gilt vine, on a spreading circular foot (minor crazing and staining to glaze), 1868
10¾in. (27.4cm.) high