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.