A late Victorian massive silver and silver-gilt two-handled trophy by Elkington & Co. Ltd., Birmingham, 1899 , the body cast with a continuous band of classical figures surmounted by an everted lip engraved with scrolls and berried foliage, the handles formed as lioness', the gadrooned socle on spreading circular base, 17in. (43cm) high, 20½in. (52cm) wide; and a gilt-metal plaque, inscribed Presented to Billy Wright (Captain of Wolverhampton Wanderers and England) by those attending the Civic Banquet in his honour, 29th April 1959 , mounted on an ebonised panel, 5in. (12.5cm,) wide
A late Victorian massive silver and silver-gilt two-handled trophy by Elkington & Co. Ltd., Birmingham, 1899 , the body cast with a continuous band of classical figures surmounted by an everted lip engraved with scrolls and berried foliage, the handles formed as lioness', the gadrooned socle on spreading circular base, 17in. (43cm) high, 20½in. (52cm) wide; and a gilt-metal plaque, inscribed Presented to Billy Wright (Captain of Wolverhampton Wanderers and England) by those attending the Civic Banquet in his honour, 29th April 1959 , mounted on an ebonised panel, 5in. (12.5cm,) wide
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