Details
The circular base with band of overlapping berried laurel and raised on three boldly cast shell and scroll bracket feet, the waisted pedestal supporting a platform mounted with three fully modeled figures in various military uniforms, the reeded central standard terminating in everted acanthus leaves supporting a detachable cut-glass bowl with scalloped rim, base engraved on one side with a coat-of-arms below a crest and on the other side with an inscription, marked on base and standard, figures marked on heel of one foot
24. 1/8 in. (61.2 cm.) high
194 oz. 18 dwt. (6,045 gr.) weighable silver
Provenance
Presented to Major Charles Menzies, Cape Town.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 20 October 1998, lot 301.
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Lot Essay

The inscription reads To Major Charles Menzies A Small Token of Appreciation From his Brother Officers For a Deed Bravely Done Cape Town 15 October 1904/MALO MORI QUAM FOEDARI.

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