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A COLLECTION OF HUNTING CROPS BY BRIGG, BAIR, CALLOW & SON, AND MERRY, LONDON, LATE 19TH-EARLY 2
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A COLLECTION OF HUNTING CROPS
BY BRIGG, BAIR, CALLOW & SON, AND MERRY, LONDON, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each with carved horn or bone handle and leather lash, comprising: a bamboo crop by Brigg with silver band hallmarked 1912; a varnished wood crop with white-metal band engraved 'Lavinia Spencer Septr. 29th 1905'; a presentation cane crop by Bair with white-metal band engraved 'RAJKOTE STATE PADDOCK, OPENED NOVR. 25 1897 BY H.E. LORD SANDHURST, GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY'; a cane crop; another cane crop with silver band hallmarked 1912 and engraved 'L.E.S.'; a cased leather crop with two gold-plated bands one engraved 'A' with viscount's coronet; a bamboo crop with silver band engraved 'C.S' and hallmarked 1901; another hallmarked 1903 and engraved 'Cecil Spencer Xmas 1903'; another broken example engraved 'A' and dated 7th July 1931; a leather crop by Callow with two silver bands hallmarked 1898 and engraved with 'S' and an earl's coronet; and another by Merry with silver band engraved 'U.A.S.'
27 in. (68.5 cm) long and similar (11)
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BY BRIGG, BAIR, CALLOW & SON, AND MERRY, LONDON, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each with carved horn or bone handle and leather lash, comprising: a bamboo crop by Brigg with silver band hallmarked 1912; a varnished wood crop with white-metal band engraved 'Lavinia Spencer Septr. 29th 1905'; a presentation cane crop by Bair with white-metal band engraved 'RAJKOTE STATE PADDOCK, OPENED NOVR. 25 1897 BY H.E. LORD SANDHURST, GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY'; a cane crop; another cane crop with silver band hallmarked 1912 and engraved 'L.E.S.'; a cased leather crop with two gold-plated bands one engraved 'A' with viscount's coronet; a bamboo crop with silver band engraved 'C.S' and hallmarked 1901; another hallmarked 1903 and engraved 'Cecil Spencer Xmas 1903'; another broken example engraved 'A' and dated 7th July 1931; a leather crop by Callow with two silver bands hallmarked 1898 and engraved with 'S' and an earl's coronet; and another by Merry with silver band engraved 'U.A.S.'
27 in. (68.5 cm) long and similar (11)
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A COLLECTION OF HUNTING CROPS
BY BRIGG, BAIR, CALLOW & SON, AND MERRY, LONDON, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each with carved horn or bone handle and leather lash, comprising: a bamboo crop by Brigg with silver band hallmarked 1912; a varnished wood crop with white-metal band engraved 'Lavinia Spencer Septr. 29th 1905'; a presentation cane crop by Bair with white-metal band engraved 'RAJKOTE STATE PADDOCK, OPENED NOVR. 25 1897 BY H.E. LORD SANDHURST, GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY'; a cane crop; another cane crop with silver band hallmarked 1912 and engraved 'L.E.S.'; a cased leather crop with two gold-plated bands one engraved 'A' with viscount's coronet; a bamboo crop with silver band engraved 'C.S' and hallmarked 1901; another hallmarked 1903 and engraved 'Cecil Spencer Xmas 1903'; another broken example engraved 'A' and dated 7th July 1931; a leather crop by Callow with two silver bands hallmarked 1898 and engraved with 'S' and an earl's coronet; and another by Merry with silver band engraved 'U.A.S.'
27 in. (68.5 cm) long and similar (11)
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BY BRIGG, BAIR, CALLOW & SON, AND MERRY, LONDON, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each with carved horn or bone handle and leather lash, comprising: a bamboo crop by Brigg with silver band hallmarked 1912; a varnished wood crop with white-metal band engraved 'Lavinia Spencer Septr. 29th 1905'; a presentation cane crop by Bair with white-metal band engraved 'RAJKOTE STATE PADDOCK, OPENED NOVR. 25 1897 BY H.E. LORD SANDHURST, GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY'; a cane crop; another cane crop with silver band hallmarked 1912 and engraved 'L.E.S.'; a cased leather crop with two gold-plated bands one engraved 'A' with viscount's coronet; a bamboo crop with silver band engraved 'C.S' and hallmarked 1901; another hallmarked 1903 and engraved 'Cecil Spencer Xmas 1903'; another broken example engraved 'A' and dated 7th July 1931; a leather crop by Callow with two silver bands hallmarked 1898 and engraved with 'S' and an earl's coronet; and another by Merry with silver band engraved 'U.A.S.'
27 in. (68.5 cm) long and similar (11)
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