A VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED SNUFF BOX, Sheffield 1847, made from the hoof of the race horse ''Emilius'', Winner of the Derby 1823, the hinged lid inscribed and dated 1847 with a gilt interior by Robert Garrard Sheffield, 1859, and raised on a silver shoe Emilius was the last of five English Derby winners ridden by Frank Buckle whose record career total of 28 English Classsics stood unchallenged until the emergence of Lester Piggott who won 30 English Classics. Emilius also offers an improbable bloodstock link between Oliver Cromwell and Queen Victoria. He traced back to The Coffin Mare who belonged to Cromwell while at stud Emilius not merely sired two Derby winners Priam and Plenipotentiary but also a broodmare Stamp who at ten years of age was acquired in 1852 by Queen Victoria's stud. For her new owner Stamp became dam of the 2,000 Guineas winner Fitz-Roland. Another of Stamp's descendents was Aboyeur who in 1913 won an eventful Epsom Derby which involved not only the disqualification of first past the post Craganour - itself a sequel to the sinking of the Titanic a year earlier - but also the tragic death of the suffragette Miss Emily Davison who had run out on to the course at Tattenham Corner and seized the bridle of King George V's colt Anmer. On his death the stud box of Emilius at Easby Abbey was taken over by Irish Birdcatcher who came to Yorkshire on lease from The Curragh Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney A VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED SNUFF BOX, Sheffield 1847, made from the hoof of the race horse ''Emilius'', Winner of the Derby 1823, the hinged lid inscribed and dated 1847 with a gilt interior by Robert Garrard Sheffield, 1859, and raised on a silver shoe Emilius was the last of five English Derby winners ridden by Frank Buckle whose record career total of 28 English Classsics stood unchallenged until the emergence of Lester Piggott who won 30 English Classics. Emilius also offers an improbable bloodstock link between Oliver Cromwell and Queen Victoria. He traced back to The Coffin Mare who belonged to Cromwell while at stud Emilius not merely sired two Derby winners Priam and Plenipotentiary but also a broodmare Stamp who at ten years of age was acquired in 1852 by Queen Victoria's stud. For her new owner Stamp became dam of the 2,000 Guineas winner Fitz-Roland. Another of Stamp's descendents was Aboyeur who in 1913 won an eventful Epsom Derby which involved not only the disqualification of first past the post Craganour - itself a sequel to the sinking of the Titanic a year earlier - but also the tragic death of the suffragette Miss Emily Davison who had run out on to the course at Tattenham Corner and seized the bridle of King George V's colt Anmer. On his death the stud box of Emilius at Easby Abbey was taken over by Irish Birdcatcher who came to Yorkshire on lease from The Curragh Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
A VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED SNUFF BOX, Sheffield 1847, made from the hoof of the race horse ''Emilius'', Winner of the Derby 1823, the hinged lid inscribed and dated 1847 with a gilt interior by Robert Garrard Sheffield, 1859, and raised on a silver shoe Emilius was the last of five English Derby winners ridden by Frank Buckle whose record career total of 28 English Classsics stood unchallenged until the emergence of Lester Piggott who won 30 English Classics. Emilius also offers an improbable bloodstock link between Oliver Cromwell and Queen Victoria. He traced back to The Coffin Mare who belonged to Cromwell while at stud Emilius not merely sired two Derby winners Priam and Plenipotentiary but also a broodmare Stamp who at ten years of age was acquired in 1852 by Queen Victoria's stud. For her new owner Stamp became dam of the 2,000 Guineas winner Fitz-Roland. Another of Stamp's descendents was Aboyeur who in 1913 won an eventful Epsom Derby which involved not only the disqualification of first past the post Craganour - itself a sequel to the sinking of the Titanic a year earlier - but also the tragic death of the suffragette Miss Emily Davison who had run out on to the course at Tattenham Corner and seized the bridle of King George V's colt Anmer. On his death the stud box of Emilius at Easby Abbey was taken over by Irish Birdcatcher who came to Yorkshire on lease from The Curragh Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney A VICTORIAN SILVER MOUNTED SNUFF BOX, Sheffield 1847, made from the hoof of the race horse ''Emilius'', Winner of the Derby 1823, the hinged lid inscribed and dated 1847 with a gilt interior by Robert Garrard Sheffield, 1859, and raised on a silver shoe Emilius was the last of five English Derby winners ridden by Frank Buckle whose record career total of 28 English Classsics stood unchallenged until the emergence of Lester Piggott who won 30 English Classics. Emilius also offers an improbable bloodstock link between Oliver Cromwell and Queen Victoria. He traced back to The Coffin Mare who belonged to Cromwell while at stud Emilius not merely sired two Derby winners Priam and Plenipotentiary but also a broodmare Stamp who at ten years of age was acquired in 1852 by Queen Victoria's stud. For her new owner Stamp became dam of the 2,000 Guineas winner Fitz-Roland. Another of Stamp's descendents was Aboyeur who in 1913 won an eventful Epsom Derby which involved not only the disqualification of first past the post Craganour - itself a sequel to the sinking of the Titanic a year earlier - but also the tragic death of the suffragette Miss Emily Davison who had run out on to the course at Tattenham Corner and seized the bridle of King George V's colt Anmer. On his death the stud box of Emilius at Easby Abbey was taken over by Irish Birdcatcher who came to Yorkshire on lease from The Curragh Provenance: The estate of Tony Sweeney
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