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Argentina, Polikao II, 1906, a silver plaque by S. Eustache, bull standing right, rev. legend in 9 lines on tablet, 50 x 40mm (PBE 446; BDM VII, 221). About very fine, very rare (£30-40)

The bull Polikao II, born 23 March 1903, won several show awards in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina in 1905, including supreme champion at the Exposicion de Ganderia. Work by Sylla Eustache is not often seen in commerce