Beschreibung:

THE EMPEROR'S PLATE (ASCOT GOLD CUP): A MAGNIFICENT VICTORIAN SILVER RACING TROPHY, PRESENTED BY EMPEROR NICHOLAS I OF RUSSIA
MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT FOR HUNT & ROSKELL, SUCCESSORS TO STORR & MORTIMER, LONDON, 1846; DESIGNED BY EDWARD HODGES BAILY R.A.
THE EMPEROR'S PLATE (ASCOT GOLD CUP): A MAGNIFICENT VICTORIAN SILVER RACING TROPHY, PRESENTED BY EMPEROR NICHOLAS I OF RUSSIA MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT FOR HUNT & ROSKELL, SUCCESSORS TO STORR & MORTIMER, LONDON, 1846; DESIGNED BY EDWARD HODGES BAILY R.A. The monumental parcel-gilt rococo revival vase on shaped square plinth applied on four angles with the Russian Imperial coat-of-arms, two sides inset with relief plaques of Peter the Great's palaces Peterhof and Gatchina, the others with prize inscriptions, the vase inset with two relief scenes illustrating heroic events in the life of Peter the Great: the Victory at Poltava of 1709 and a Rescue at Sea off of Finland in 1724, marked on vase, plinth, underside of plaques, coats of arms, nuts, and detachable flowers on the base; also stamped "HUNT AND ROSKELL LATE STORR AND MORTIMER No. 2795" 39 3/8 in. (99.5 cm.) high; 636 oz. (19,776 gr.)