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The Luska Bay Regatta Challenge Cup won by Surprise, 1878

This ornate repoussé silver trophy is in the form of a handled cup with an everted rim and tripod dolphin base. The high relief decoration comprises three gaff rigged yachts racing, above a frieze of shells against waves. There is a C-scroll cartouche inscribed ‘The Luska Bay Challenge Cup Presented by Captain Waller and Captain Edmund W. Waller 29th July 1878’. The handles are composed of entwined ropes and the rim of frothing waves. Assay marks for London 1876.

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The Luska Bay Regatta Challenge Cup won by Surprise, 1878

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£5,500

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£5,500

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