This 176oz Victorian presentation silver centrepiece offered for sale at Woolley & Wallis of Salisbury on April 25 has a strong Dutch connection.
As well as the subject of a lady falconer seated on a horse (hallmarked for London 1851 and overstamped for the retailer John Samuel Hunt), the ebonised base is applied front and back with the Dutch royal coat of arms.
Inscribed plaques read Loo Challenge Cup 1851 and Challenge Cup Given by HM The King of the Netherlands. Won Two Years in Succession in 1851 and 1852 by Mr Sterling Crawfurd’s Darkie.