Lot 19
The Ayrshire Herd Book Cup
Impressive Victorian Scottish Silver Covered Cup, Brown Kilk, Glasgow, 1895
Lot 19 Details
The Ayrshire Herd Book Cup
Impressive Victorian Scottish Silver Covered Cup, Brown Kilk, Glasgow, 1895
repoussé and engraved with scroll edged matted ground panels of fruiting oak and scrolling foliage enclosing rosette medallions and applied with four cow’s heads inscribed LADY FLORA, BRIGHT SMILE, BEAUTY and POLLY II, the scroll cartouches with AYRSHIRE HERD BOOK CUP presentation inscription and winners of the trophy 1895-98;
sold together with eight associated silver medals and a framed print portrait of Lady Flora (10407)
height 29" — 73.6 cm.
192.3 oz. — 5981 grams
Estimate $4,000-$6,000
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Provenance:
William Howie, Burnhouses, Galston, Ayrshire; by descent to his grandson, the present owner