Full details of each lot are displayed, except the lot number, estimate and price. You must be a subscriber to view lot numbers, estimates and prices.
Silver Broken Hill jockey club trophy by J M Wendt, of conical…
Auction House:
Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
4-Apr-2012
Lot No.
***
Description:
Silver Broken Hill jockey club trophy by J M Wendt, of conical form and with inverted leaf capped handle having a steeple jumping horse finial, the body engraved with a vignette of the mining town of Broken Hill and engraved: 'Broken Hill jockey club/ Corinthian cup/ run/ December 27th 1886. Marks: (Crown) Jm Wendt/ Adelaide (Lion) ref: JBH231. Height 39 cm; weight: 775grams. Provenance: private collection. Notes: Broken Hill in far western NSW lies closest to the capital Adelaide. Charles Sturt in his final expedition named the Barrier Ranges and made reference to a 'Broken hill' in the area. Since the 1850s pastoralists began setteling the area and it was a boundary rider Charles Rasp in 1883 who discovered some ore and had it analyzed. He had found one of the richest ore bodies of silver and lead. Together with his manger and five other employees they founded the Broken Hill Pty limited which was publically floated in 1885 and with the first smelted silver on display in Melbourne. By 1888 the population of Broken Hill had reached 5000. This trophy possibly made from silver mined at Bhp represents a vista of the original mine and the inaugural race at Broken Hill held as a Christmas festivity.
Estimate:
***
Price:
***
Category:
Unclassified