MILITARY INTEREST:- A VICTORIAN SILVER RACING PRIZE EWER

MARK OF J.C. EDINGTON, LONDON, 1838

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MILITARY INTEREST:- A VICTORIAN SILVER RACING PRIZE EWER
MARK OF J.C. EDINGTON, LONDON, 1838
Ovoid body on pedestal foot, applied on one side with an Arab and his stallion, both resting under a palm tree, the Arab relaxing with his chibouk, the other side applied with three stallions, the handle in the form of a fruiting vine, the lower body and border of foot both with acanthus leaf decoration, cover with vine leaf and tendril finial, front engraved with the recipient's coat of arms and inscribed Presented by A. Autard de Bragard to G. Browne Esq.re, H.M. 29th Regiment, Robin Red Breast, winner of the Military Cup, Mauritius, August, 1837
14 in. high (36.2 cm.)
56 oz. (1764 gm.)

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Lot Essay

The 29th Foot(The Worcestershire Regiment), according to the 1837 Distribution of the British Army list, were garrisoned at Mauritius in that year and returned from the island to be stationed at Edinburgh in March, 1838, returning to the island in 1842

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