A large Victorian silver model of a mounted PicadorHunt & Roskell, London 1879
Realistically modelled as a Picador in traditional dress, the whole dramatically posed, his horse rearing with nostrils flaring and sinews strained, spear held aloft in readiness to attack a charging bull, atop a rectangular ebonised wooden plinth, height total with plinth 60cm.FootnotesA similar modelled mounted Picador can be seen on the Ascot racing trophy 'The Queen's Cup' of 1849, by R. & S. Garrard & Co, London 1848, with the design attributed to Edmund Cotterill. This trophy currently resides in the 'Burghley House Collection'.
Literature
Julia Ogilvy, 'Royal Goldsmiths - The Garrard Heritage', (Garrard & Co: London, 1991), plate 40, p.82
A large Victorian silver model of a mounted PicadorHunt & Roskell, London 1879
Realistically modelled as a Picador in traditional dress, the whole dramatically posed, his horse rearing with nostrils flaring and sinews strained, spear held aloft in readiness to attack a charging bull, atop a rectangular ebonised wooden plinth, height total with plinth 60cm.FootnotesA similar modelled mounted Picador can be seen on the Ascot racing trophy 'The Queen's Cup' of 1849, by R. & S. Garrard & Co, London 1848, with the design attributed to Edmund Cotterill. This trophy currently resides in the 'Burghley House Collection'.
Literature
Julia Ogilvy, 'Royal Goldsmiths - The Garrard Heritage', (Garrard & Co: London, 1991), plate 40, p.82
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