A LATE VICTORIAN TWIN-HANDLED PRESENTATION 'ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND' TROPHY
ELKINGTON & CO LTD., BIRMINGHAM 1896
Estimate: £600 - £800
Auction: Silver & Objets de Vertu | Wednesday 4th March at 10am
Description
Of traditional waisted form, oval cartouche set to either side of body, Manchester coat of arms to one side and depiction of George V when he was Duke of York and President of the Agricultural Society, engraved presentation inscription to lower body, ‘…CHAMPION CUP…, and ’MANCHESTER MEETING/ 1897' to the other side, acanthus clasped S-scroll handles, raised on a domed stepped foot, presented with a plinth
Dimensions
25.4cm high (cup), 55oz