2-798-784 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Grand Challenge Cup, Royal Mersey Yacht Club, 1845. 'This piece of extremely handsome silver work, standing nearly three feet high, has been executed by Mr. Joseph Mayer, of Lord-street, Liverpool. It consists of a tripled base, the angles of which are formed of dolphins, and the proas of vessels, with buoys, anchors, and other nautical emblems, surmounted by three Livers...' On one facade, chased in bas-relief, is '..."Queen Elizabeth visiting Sir Walter Raleigh, at Deptford, after his voyage to America"...Standing on the base is a large Wine Vase, the handles, with their pendants and the other ornaments, being in the Elizabethan style. The cover is surmounted by a figure of Nautical Victory, holding in each hand a wreath, indicating that the possessor must win it twice before it becomes his property'. From "Illustrated London News", 1845, Vol VII.