A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1871
The ovoid partly fluted body on spreading foot with berried laurel border, chased on one side with a scene of Colonel Commandant Vane on the cliffs overlooking Seaham harbour, his Brigade behind him with a cannon, Seaham and the lighthouse in the distance, engraved on the other side with an inscription within laurel branches and with a further later inscription below, the detachable bayonet-mounted cover with finial cast as Colonel Commandant Vane in the uniform of an officer of the Seaham Artillery Volunteer Brigade on his mount, marked on foot, inside cover, on horse's tail and on each bolt, the foot further stamped 'R & S Garrard Panton St. London'
28.1/2 in. (72.3 cm.) high
123 oz. 8 dwt. (3,839 gr.)
The inscription reads 'Presented to Colonel Commandant The Right Hon'ble George Henry Robert Charles William Earl Vane K.G.C. St. Alexander Nevski of Russia by the Officers and Men of the 2nd Durham Seaham Artillery Volunteer Brigade in Testimony of their high regard for him as their Commanding Officer and in grateful acknowledgement of his kindness and of his untiring efforts to promote the efficiency of the Corps Seaham January 1872.'
The shabraque with Queen Victoria's cypher reversed and interlaced above the badge of the Royal Artillery.
The later inscription reads 'And Presented by Mary Marchioness of Londonderry to her Son Charles Stewart Marquess of Londonderry July 16 1895'.
A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1871
The ovoid partly fluted body on spreading foot with berried laurel border, chased on one side with a scene of Colonel Commandant Vane on the cliffs overlooking Seaham harbour, his Brigade behind him with a cannon, Seaham and the lighthouse in the distance, engraved on the other side with an inscription within laurel branches and with a further later inscription below, the detachable bayonet-mounted cover with finial cast as Colonel Commandant Vane in the uniform of an officer of the Seaham Artillery Volunteer Brigade on his mount, marked on foot, inside cover, on horse's tail and on each bolt, the foot further stamped 'R & S Garrard Panton St. London'
28.1/2 in. (72.3 cm.) high
123 oz. 8 dwt. (3,839 gr.)
The inscription reads 'Presented to Colonel Commandant The Right Hon'ble George Henry Robert Charles William Earl Vane K.G.C. St. Alexander Nevski of Russia by the Officers and Men of the 2nd Durham Seaham Artillery Volunteer Brigade in Testimony of their high regard for him as their Commanding Officer and in grateful acknowledgement of his kindness and of his untiring efforts to promote the efficiency of the Corps Seaham January 1872.'
The shabraque with Queen Victoria's cypher reversed and interlaced above the badge of the Royal Artillery.
The later inscription reads 'And Presented by Mary Marchioness of Londonderry to her Son Charles Stewart Marquess of Londonderry July 16 1895'.
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