Lot 435
HORSE RACING:
A large Victorian parcelgilt trophy or centre piece, cast romantically in the form of a chivalrous medieval gentleman mounted on a fine stallion & looking upon a young lady crouching before him and holding a boy who appears to be anxious, as if awaiting a decision from the two adults, these figures bolted to an electroplated, brass, rockwork base with ferns growing at the base of a wind-shaped, leafless tree & resting on a painted & bevelled wooden plinth with plated mounts & a gilt shield, inscribed "Northampton 1870 won by compromise - 4 years", the silver hallmarked by Frederick Elkington, Birmingham, 1869, contained in a large oak travelling case; the centrepiece 22.7" (57.5 cms) high; the plinth 23.75" (60.5 cms) long; 137 oz weighable silver
*The Racing Calendar of 1870 records that Compromise was a four year old chestnut colt by Newminster out of Maria, by Herman Platoff (his sire, dam and dam-sire). The race he won in that year was The County Cup over two miles, run on Tuesday 5th April 1870 at the Northampton & Pytchley Hunt meeting at Northampton racecourse, for which the prize was a piece of plate valued at 200 sovereigns. Racing was held at Northampton from 1727 to 1904.
