Royal Loo Remembrance Cup 1851, A table piece in the shape of a female falconer on horseback, with a falcon in her left hand and the falcon's blindfold in her right. Next to her a falconer's servant with a window, on which three blindfolded falcons are seated. A dead heron lies at the foot of the horse. The whole set on a rocky ground, and encased in a black-painted wooden plinth. On both the front and the back the crowned coat of arms of King Willem III, on the front also 'LOO CHALLENGE CUP 1851', on the reverse 'CHALLENGE CUP GIVEN BY HM THE KING OF THE NETHERLANDS TO BE TWO YEARS IN SUCCESSION BY THE SAME PERSON WON IN 1851 AND 1852, BY MR STIRLING CRAWFURD'S DARKIE ', Hunt & Roskell, London, 1851, silver (metal), wood (plant material), lacquering, h 71 cm d 40 cm w 5645 gr
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Royal Loo Remembrance Cup 1851, table piece, shape, female falconer, horseback, falcon, left hand, falcon's blindfold, right, Next, falconer's servant, window, three blindfolded falcons, seated, dead heron lies, foot, horse, whole set, rocky ground, encased, black-painted wooden plinth, front, back, crowned coat, arms, King Willem III, LOO CHALLENGE CUP 1851, reverse 'CHALLENGE CUP GIVEN, HM, KING, NETHERLANDS, BE TWO YEARS, SUCCESSION, SAME PERSON WON, 1851, 1852, MR STIRLING CRAWFURD'S DARKIE, Hunt & Roskell, London, black-and-white, metal, wood, plant material, lacquering
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