Indian Royal Presentation Silver Horse Racing Trophy _ the c...

Hammer

£900

Indian Royal Presentation Silver Horse Racing Trophy _ the campagna shape with two s-scroll handles and chased acanthus leaf decoration and cover with later replacement finial of a jockey on horseback, also with the original finial of a horse jumping. The body engraved "Rawalpindi (Special) Gymkhana MARCH 11TH 1922 ON THE OCCASION OF H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES VISIT TO RAWALPINDI MR. SIDNEY SMITH'S C.E.M. CHIARO RIDDEN BY H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES" and the reverse "THE HAWTHORN HILL HANDICAP PRESENTED BY MR. 'HEATH' OF BOMBAY", the base stamped O.M for Oomersi Mawji, and the replacement finial Birmingham 1912, 35cm tall, 1950g (and the old finial 156g). Sold with news cuttings relating to occasion when the trophy was handled in 1973 after a book review when it was in the ownership of Miss. D. K. Bartlett