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MARK OF STEPHEN SMITH, LONDON, 1883,
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A VICTORIAN SILVER ROWING PRIZE BADGE & COAT,
MARK OF STEPHEN SMITH, LONDON, 1883,
The oval silver arm badge with laurel & ribbon border, chased with a shield-shaped cartouche depicting the arms of the City of London & the various parishes named in the inscription, centred by an anchor on a heraldically shaded gold ground, encircled by inscribed ribbons, the inscription reading "Watermen & Lightermens Apprentices Annual Regatta", the number "22" chased between, "Ferdinand J.Phillips", "Presented by the inhabitants of the City of London, St. Dunstan, Temple, Lincolns Inn, St. Clement Dane Strand, & St. Martin in the Fields, Treasurer Mr. John Child" and "Managers & Collectors John W. Audsley, City Waterman, W.H. Campbell, Waterman to Her Majesty", the badge mounted on the arm of a scarlet coat with green facings & wings, silver braid & green piping in the back seams, the badge mounted on a green oval backing patch edged in silver braid.
MARK OF STEPHEN SMITH, LONDON, 1883,
The oval silver arm badge with laurel & ribbon border, chased with a shield-shaped cartouche depicting the arms of the City of London & the various parishes named in the inscription, centred by an anchor on a heraldically shaded gold ground, encircled by inscribed ribbons, the inscription reading "Watermen & Lightermens Apprentices Annual Regatta", the number "22" chased between, "Ferdinand J.Phillips", "Presented by the inhabitants of the City of London, St. Dunstan, Temple, Lincolns Inn, St. Clement Dane Strand, & St. Martin in the Fields, Treasurer Mr. John Child" and "Managers & Collectors John W. Audsley, City Waterman, W.H. Campbell, Waterman to Her Majesty", the badge mounted on the arm of a scarlet coat with green facings & wings, silver braid & green piping in the back seams, the badge mounted on a green oval backing patch edged in silver braid.
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.