The shrewsbury race cup 1875 a massive parcel-gilt sterling silver ewer and stand
The shrewsbury race cup 1875 a massive parcel-gilt sterling silver ewer and stand
The chased silver-gilt plaques depicting episodes from Shakespeare's The Tempest; one, portraying Prospero and Miranda standing over a kneeling Caliban; the other, featuring Ferdinand among musical angels, within beaded borders and set between two embossed oval cartouches engraved:
"Shrewsbury Races 1875 The Severn Cup", to one, and "Won By Thunder 5yrs to the other"; The parcel-gilt circular stand applied with four similar plaques: one, depicting Miranda and Ferdinand playing chess; another, also depicting the two lovers; the third,
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The chased silver-gilt plaques depicting episodes from Shakespeare's The Tempest; one, portraying Prospero and Miranda standing over a kneeling Caliban; the other, featuring Ferdinand among musical angels, within beaded borders and set between two embossed oval cartouches engraved:
"Shrewsbury Races 1875 The Severn Cup", to one, and "Won By Thunder 5yrs to the other"; The parcel-gilt circular stand applied with four similar plaques: one, depicting Miranda and Ferdinand playing chess; another, also depicting the two lovers; the third,
with Prospero and Ariel; and one, portraying Prospero and Miranda during a stormy sea crossing, all within beaded rims and applied between alternating floral bosses.
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