Live Auction 1162Centuries of Style, Silver, European Ceramics, Portrait Miniatures and Gold Boxes
A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT SIDEBOARD-DISH
Lot 468 PROPERTY OF A ROYAL HOUSE

A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT SIDEBOARD-DISH

MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1826

Closed27 November 2013

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A GEORGE IV SILVER-GILT SIDEBOARD-DISH
MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1826
In the Queen Anne style, shaped circular and with robust gadrooned border, the broad rim applied and chased with foliage and shell strapwork on textured ground, the centre chased in high relief with a horse racing scene, the back engraved with an inscription, marked on the back, the back further stamped 'GARRARDS Panton Street LONDON'
26¼ in. (66.5 cm.) diam.
202 oz. 2 dwt. (6,285 gr.)
The inscription reads 'Ascot Heath Races / 1832 / The Rt Honble The Earl of Lichfield / Steward'

Presumably the Ascot Gold Cup run for on Thursday, 21 June 1832, won by Sir Mark Wood's 4 year old Camarine.
Sir Mark Wood 2nd Bt. (1794-1937), of Gatton, Surrey
A Private Collection; Christie's, London, 29 November 2007, lot 594.

Specialist note

The Ascot Races of 1832 were remembered for many years, not for the quality of the racing, which was variable, but for the assault on King William IV that took place on Tuesday 19 June. 'A ruffian, in the garb of a sailor, of most wretched appearance, suddenly flung a large flint stone directly at the king' The Morning Chronicle, 22 June 1832, p. 4. It hit the king on his forehand but he was saved from serious injury by his hat back. The ruffian threw a second stone but this hit the window frame.