Late Victorian cast silver sculpture of a Royal Horse Guard,...

Hammer

£750

Late Victorian cast silver sculpture of a Royal Horse Guard, finely modelled mounted upon horseback in full uniform standing upon a rectangular plateau with a Greek key border and raised upon four comer claw feet, maker John Newton Mappin, London 1896, 6.5" high, 13.4oz t

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There are areas where there have been shape loss through storage or age, these include the finer more fragile sections including the reigns of the horse, perhaps the finial to the hat, the sword and the hanging panel down the soldiers side, the horse leans a little on the stand and the stand has one foot obliquely and minor shape loss across the other feet which cause the model to rock, please see detailed images for guidance