South African & International Art, Decorative Arts, Jewellery and Books
Online-Only Auction, 13 - 27 July 2015
Silver
Lot Estimate
ZAR 10 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 32 788
About this Item
Birmingham, England
A Victorian silver trophy cup, E S Barnsley & Co, Birmingham, 1898, of Anglo-Boer War interest
the whole profusely embossed with acanthus leaves, the centre with a cartouche engraved 'PRESENTED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE JOHANNESBURG NEW CLUB. BY THE OFFICERS OF THE XV BRIGADE AND STAFF IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR HOSPITALITY. SOUTH AFRICA, 1900. 22ND CHESHIRE. 30TH E LANCASHIRE. 98TH N. STAFFORD. THE 24TH S. W. BORDERERS.', above a band of vacant shield-shaped cartouches, the sides applied with c-scroll and acanthus-leaf handles, the cover similarly embossed and surmounted by the later socle and figure of a soldier holding a rifle, 2525g all in, 50,5cm high; and an ebonised stepped circular trophy base raised on four bun feet, 9,5cm high
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