25th Jun, 2025 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
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A Pair of Victorian Silver Goblets
by William Gibson and John Lawrence Langman, London, 1890
each with tapering bowl and on spreading foot with beaded border, the stem with central beaded knop, each engraved with an inscription, one further engraved with the names of recipients
31cm high and slightly smaller, 38oz 8dwt, 1,195gr (2)
Provenance:
Sold by Order of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers to Benefit the Fusiliers' Aid Society.
The inscriptions read 'Minden Challenge Cup Quarter Mile Presented to The First Batt'n XX Reg't by W. Glencross on Minden Day 1890' and 'Presented to the Sergeant Major and Sergeants XX Lancashire Fusiliers by Lieu't Colonel W. Glencross on Minden Day 1890'.
Sold for £700
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 25th Jun, 2025
The June Militaria & Ethnographica Sale will offer a broad and interesting array of medals, including a fascinating and possibly unique Group of Eleven Second World War and Post War Medals to a British serviceman with a remarkable history of military service, and First World War DSC Group of Medals, which were awarded to Captain George F. Hiles, Master of S.S. Portaferry, which rescued the crew of a French steamer after she had been torpedoed by an enemy submarine in 1917.
Further interesting lots of Militaria include an Inert Rapier Drill Missile measuring 2.32 metres long, the War Diary of Major General Sir Cecil Lowther, who was in command of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards as Lieutenant Colonel, and there are also good quality binoculars, police truncheons, cap badges, Victorian and Edwardian helmet plates and various Edwardian, Victorian and later uniforms.
Of archaeological interest is a very rare Middle Bronze Age Complete Spearhead, found by a metal detectorist in Northumberland. The spearhead dates from circa 1550-1250 BC and is made from copper alloy; it is sold with a report from the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
The sale will also offer nearly 120 lots of regimental silver from The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths' Own) Regiment and The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers to benefit The Royal Lancers Charitable Trust and the Fusiliers' Aid Society respectively.
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