ID 992661
Lot 9 | A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT SHIELD
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT, LONDON, 1843, DESIGNED BY FRANK HOWARD
Circular, with ribbon-tied reeded border, deeply cast and chased with a scene of Boudicca, the Queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, and her daughters in a chariot leading her warriors against the Roman Army, engraved on reverse with 'WON BY EMPEROR', and engraved on the rim PUBLISHED AS THE ACT DIRECTS BY HUNT & ROSKELL 156 NEW BOND STREET LONDON No 1010, marked near border, the back further stamped 'Hunt & Roskell Late Storr, Mortimer & Hunt 1429'
29 in. (74 cm.) diameter
352 oz. 14 dwt. (10,971 gr.)
Provenance
Won by the Earl of Albemarle’s chestnut horse The Emperor, The Ascot Gold Cup, 8 June 1844,
William Charles Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle G.C.H. (1772-1849).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 February 1986, lot 63.
A Gentleman; Christie's, London, 16 November 2010, lot 497.
Literature
The Illustrated London News, 'The Ascot Prize Plate, 1844', 8 June 1844, p. 371.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Artist: | John Samuel Hunt (1785 - 1865) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Gilding, Silver |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Artist: | John Samuel Hunt (1785 - 1865) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Gilding, Silver |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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