Live Auction 4215Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A SET OF EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY AND BRASS MOUNTED JOCKEY'S SCALES
Lot 342

A SET OF EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY AND BRASS MOUNTED JOCKEY'S SCALES

BY W & T. AVERY, CIRCA 1910

Closed7 February 2012

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GBP 2,750

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A SET OF EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY AND BRASS MOUNTED JOCKEY'S SCALES
BY W & T. AVERY, CIRCA 1910
THE RED LEATHER UPHOLSTERED SEAT WITH PLAQUE ENGRAVED 'DERBY SWEEP ORBY 1907' THE MECHANSIM ARM STAMPED 'W & T AVERTY LD' 'REGD.243881'
27½ IN. (70 CM.) HIGH; 25½ IN. (64.5 CM.) WIDE; 19½ IN. (49.5 CM.) DEEP

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THIS PRESENT LOT WAS A REGISTERED MODEL ENTITLED 'THE CARLTON', BY W.& T. AVERY (CATALOGUE NO. 1056). THE PLAQUE REFERS TO THE WINNING HORSE OF THE IRISH DERBY, ORBY, WHO WAS THE FIRST EPSOM DERBY WINNER TO ACHIEVE VICTORY IN THE IRISH VERSION, TRAINED IN IRELAND BY FRED MCCABE, IN 1907.