Campana-form on a circular foot with gadrooned border, the lower body and upper border chased and engraved with scrolling foliage and palmettes on a matte ground, engraved on either side with presentation inscriptions, with two acanthus-capped loop handles springing from acanthus leaves, the domed cover applied with a rim of leaves and with a beaded mid-border, the finial fully modeled as a knight on horseback holding a spear with a banner, marked on foot rim
19³⁄₄ in. (50.2 cm.) high
156 oz. 18 dwt. (4,879.6 gr.)

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The presentation engraving reads:

WON BY
MR OLDFIELD'S GR. ARAB SEAGULL.
BEATING
Captain Givatkin's B. A. Lucifer
Mr. Bacon;s Gr. A. Idleboy
AND FOUR OTHERS

Given
BY THE OFFICERS
OF THE 16TH LANCERS
Stationed at Meerut
to the best Maiden Arab
Distance two Miles 8st each
MEERUT DEC 1827

Hamilton & Co. was founded as a Jewelry and Silversmith shop in Calcutta, now known as Kolkata, in 1808 by British immigrant Robert Hamilton (1772-1848) under a license from the East Indian Company. the firm expanded in 1811 with the addition of two business partners, Henry and James Glazbrook, and was one of the most well-known and celebrated British silversmiths operating in India at the time. Following the departure of Hamilton in 1817, the firm continued under the name Hamilton & Co. with various partners, and with branches opened over the years in Bombay, now known as Mumbai, Delhi, and Simla, until the firm closed its doors in 1975.