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An Australian sterling silver trophy, the 1873 Sunbury cup, for…
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Melbourne
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28-Aug-2022
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An Australian sterling silver trophy, the 1873 Sunbury cup, for greyhound coursing, attributed to Edward Fischer (1828-1911). A chased and engraved Etruscan style urn with a waisted neck and flying scroll handles, reserved with a greyhound in a landscape setting on a stippled ground, a hunting scene depicting greyhounds chasing a hare to the reverse, inscribed to the neck 'Nicodemus.' above 'Winner of the Sunbury cup / being the first run for in the Colony / owned and bred by Frederick row / 1873', raised on a turned wood base, unmarked, 27 cm high; 35.5 cm high including the base. Provenance: Sotheby's, Sydney, Russell Crowe: the Art of Divorce, 7 April 2018, lot 155
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Unclassified