THE COX COLLECTION. NZ MADE JEWELLERY & MORE
Wednesday, 20 - Wednesday, 27 April 2022
19thC silver agricultural trophy with engraving attributed to A. W. Jones (Christchurch),
Estimate $500 - $1,000
Realised: $1,050 plus premium
Lot Details
the front with large finely engraved cartouche of mountainous and pastoral scene with stock, the reverse wheat and fern leaf framed presentation cartouche engraved 'Presented by The New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Company To T.G. Smith, Welds Hill For Best Pen 5 Merino Ewe Hoggets Blenheim 20th Nov. 1889.'. H.235mm 309gms. Note: C.f. silver cup illustrated pg. 79 'Gold & Silversmithing in Nineteenth & Twentieth Century New Zealand' by Winsome Shepherd, 1995.
