The 1899 Melbourne Cup Trophy comprising a silver presentation tray and tea and coffee service, Walter, Michael, John, Stanley Barnard with Robert Dubock , tray London, 1896 and service, London, 1898

the tray engraved to the centre 'MELBOURNE CUP TROPHY 1899, Won by MERRIWEE, bk.of br.c BILL of PORTLAND-ETRA-WEENIE ', within a flat chased scroll and foliate surround, applied gadroon, foliate and shell border and cast shell and foliage handles; the tea and coffee service of rounded oblong form, the lids of tea and coffee pots with domed centres and engraved cushion shape finials, bordered by a band of partially fluted chasing, the sides with chased foliate and scroll motifs, 'MERRIWEE' engraved within a cartouche to one side and 'MELBOURNE CUP TROPHY 1899' to the reverse

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tea and coffee service 2000 gms, tray 4280 gms, coffee pot 21.5 cm high, tray 75 cm long

• Lot Sold $85,000 (Hammer Price)
• $103,700 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Mr Herbert Power, Melbourne
David Jones Ltd, Sydney
Mr Crawfurd Hutcheson MacKellar, Sydney, gift from the above
Private Collection, Sydney, by descent from the above