Lot 905 , An impressive Victorian silver presentation centrepiece gifted to Colonel Vincent Williams.

An impressive Victorian silver Regimental presentation centrepiece gifted to Colonel Vincent Williams by Officers of the 4th Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1884, mounted upon a stepped ebonised trefoil base with three silver dated plaques and three silver model infantrymen, representing the 4th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, the Royal Angelsey & Carnarvon Militia and the Royal Carnarvon Rifles, the centrepiece with turned embossed stem with ram's heads and gargoyle masks with swags, below a wheel cut and frosted glass bowl and two handles modelled as the head of Medusa, Frederick Courthope, London, 1884, overall height 22.5in.
Estimate £2,000-3,000

Inscription reads "1884 Presented to Colonel Vincent Williams on his retiring from the Command of the 4th Batt: Royal Welsh Fusiliers (late Royal Carnarvon Militia) after a service of thirty two years by past and present Officers of the Regiment".
The soldiers are quite loose in situ. The ebonised base directly beneath each soldier is quite scratched where they have been rotated. One of the swords belonging to one of the soldiers is bent and mishapen. Two of the silver tips around the rim of the glass bowl support, are bent slightly. Bowl in good order.
General overall condition is otherwise good. Marks clear.


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Sold for £5,500