An Australian silver cup, by Jochim Matthias Wendt, circa 1880 raised on a circular foot engraved and chased with fern and flower heads rising to a fern trunk, issuing fern leaves, the waisted bowl with embossed and chased fruit and flower swags and 'Won by J Thomas for 300 yards Foot Race at Salisbury S.A. March 10 1880' above a band of waterlily leaves, marked 'J.M. Wendt/ Adelaide', 26 cm high.300gms (9.6oz) 350grams (11.2 oz). Provenance: The Collection of the late Graham & Elizabeth Cocks