THE EDINBURGH GOLD CUP: A GEORGE V PARCEL-GILT SILVER TWO-HANDLED PRESENTATION BOWL MARK OF WAKELY & WHEELER, LONDON, 1930
Circular, the midband and trefoil-end flat handles densely chased and engraved with Celtic-knots and dragons on a matte ground, on a circular domed foot chased with panels of conforming dragons, engraved on one side The Edinburgh Gold Cup Presented by The Corporation of Edinburgh 1930, the other engraved won by Sir Victor Sassoon's Bay Horse "Mint Master." September 16th 1930. Jockey G. Richards Trainer C. Waugh, Newmarket, marked on side
183⁄4 in. (47.6 cm.) long, over handles
72 oz. 12 dwt. (2,258 gr.)
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Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 3 December 1998, lot 90.
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Circular, the midband and trefoil-end flat handles densely chased and engraved with Celtic-knots and dragons on a matte ground, on a circular domed foot chased with panels of conforming dragons, engraved on one side The Edinburgh Gold Cup Presented by The Corporation of Edinburgh 1930, the other engraved won by Sir Victor Sassoon's Bay Horse "Mint Master." September 16th 1930. Jockey G. Richards Trainer C. Waugh, Newmarket, marked on side
183⁄4 in. (47.6 cm.) long, over handles
72 oz. 12 dwt. (2,258 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 3 December 1998, lot 90.