Lot Essay
This cup was won by the horse Gimpo, owned by Osmond Priaulx
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MAKER'S MARK OF REBECCA EMES AND EDWARD BARNARD I, LONDON 1826
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THE GUERNSEY CUP, A GEORGE IV STERLING SILVER RACING TROPHY
Maker's mark of Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard I, London 1826
Campana shaped with acanthus cast handles and a band of fruiting vines, engraved to one side: "THIS CUP GIVEN BY HIS MAJESTY George the Fourth TO THE GUERNSEY RACES/June, 1829" and with a pair of racehorses with jockeys up to the reverse, 23 cm. (9 in.) high, 1282 gr. (41.2 oz.)
Maker's mark of Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard I, London 1826
Campana shaped with acanthus cast handles and a band of fruiting vines, engraved to one side: "THIS CUP GIVEN BY HIS MAJESTY George the Fourth TO THE GUERNSEY RACES/June, 1829" and with a pair of racehorses with jockeys up to the reverse, 23 cm. (9 in.) high, 1282 gr. (41.2 oz.)
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