Sale 5006
London, South Kensington
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28 - 29 November 2006
Price realised
GBP 900
Estimate
A GEORGE IV SILVER HARE COURSING PRIZE GOBLET, MARK OF JOHN BRIDGE, LONDON, 1823, Of campana shape, the lower body fluted below a girdle, the front engraved with a pair of greyhounds chasing a hare, the trumpet foot with gadroon border, gilt interior, 6¾ in. high (17 cm.), 12 oz.
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