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AN AUSTRALIAN SILVER SHOOTING TROPHY, THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RIFLE ASSOCIATION CUP BY WILLIAM EDWARDS, MELBOURNE, 1861
AN AUSTRALIAN SILVER SHOOTING TROPHY, THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RIFLE ASSOCIATION CUP BY WILLIAM EDWARDS, MELBOURNE, 1861Estimate $3,000 – $5,000
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- Lot Sold $4,500 (Hammer Price)
- $5,400 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
the domed foot relief decorated with emus and kangaroos in a bush landscape, rising to a knopped leaf moulded stem, the bowl with repoussé scroll work and a scene of uniformed officers shooting at a target, the tree lined cartouche inscribed "South Australian Rifle Association, matches 1861, third match distances 500 & 600 yards, 5 rounds at each, first prize silver cup, presented by Mr. John Davis and 20 pound added by the Association, won by Captn. Popham, scoring 13 points without a miss", hallmarked W. Edwards, Melbourne
28CM HIGH, 710GMS
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Private Collection, Adelaide
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