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The Tattersalls Cup, a large Victorian sterling silver…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
1-Apr-2015
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Description:
The Tattersalls Cup, a large Victorian sterling silver Pilgrim's flask, Robert Garrard, London, 1864 having a flattened pear shaped body with fluting to the lower section, mounted to either side with a foliate framed Bacchic mask, the terminals of which are hung with heavy chains, surmounted by a domed fluted cover, the body engraved 'Presented / By the / Directors / Of / White Horse Distillery / Limited' supported on a spreading oval foot (3) 9000 gms, 77 cm high. Provenance: Presented in 1936 by Sir Peter Mackie of White Horse Distilleries to the South Australian Tattersalls Club. This cup was to be presented to a nominator fortunate enough to win the Tattersalls Cup on three occasions. It was never won. Sold upon the liquidation of The South Australian Tattersalls Club 29 June 1992 Theodore Bruce Auctions in conjunction with Dominion Valuers and Auctioneers (S.A.). Literature: A. Bertram Cox, 'The First Hundred Years History of S. A. Tattersalls Club', Brolga Books, Adelaide 1980, Illustrated Front Cover, which accompanies this lot. For a pair of marginally larger pilgrim flasks of the same model by Sebastian Garrard see Important Silver and Objects of Vertu, Christie's, New York, 26 October 2007, lot 109 For a single pilgrim flask also by Robert Garrard see Important Silver and Gold, Christie's, London,1 December 2004, lot 610
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Category:
Silver: Mugs, Cups & Goblets