MARK OF ROBERT GARRARD, LONDON, 1826

Details

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 R^{t<\sup> Hon^{b<\sup>^{l<\sup>^{e<\sup> The Earl of Lichfield / Steward}}}}'

Provenance

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.

Literature

'Sporting Intelligence', The Morning Chronicle, 23 June 1832, p. 4 'THE CUP, In our observations on this race yesterday, we omitted to state, that the prize was manufactured in the shape of a salver, of large dimensions, and was of exquisite workmanship. Sir Mark Wood has now won the Ascot Cup three successive years, James Robinson having been the winning jockey on each occasion.'

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Lot Essay

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.

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