SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY

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A rummer engraved with the racehorse KETTLEDRUM
SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY
The flared bucket-bowl engraved with the racehorse, standing, his jockey astride him, above the inscription KETTLEDRUM
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The racehorse depicted here is more than likely the 'Kettledrum' owned by Colonel Townley who won the Derby in 1861, beating the favourite, Mr Merry, by a length. In the same year he was entered for the St. Leger, which he lost by a head, and the Doncaster Cup, which he dead-heated. Unfortunately having run too many important races in a single year, he never ran again.

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