Auction Catalogue

6 & 7 December 2017

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Lot

№ 730

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6 December 2017

Estimate: £2,000–£3,000

25th Light Dragoons 3rd Squadron Guidon c1794-1802. A very fine quality and rare example of ‘swallow-tail’ format, 93 x 66 cm including the very crimson and gold fringe. The yellow silk ground with painted decoration comprising a central panel displaying ‘XXV/L.D. on a red ground set within coloured Union sprays, at the bottom ‘3’ within an oval cartouche. The four corner panels display the White Horse of Hanover on a red and green ground in two and Union sprays on red ground in the other two, now laid down on a fine hessian ground and contained in a heavy wood and glazed frame, one section of the yellow silk ground missing otherwise in very good condition for its age £2000-3000

Note: The purchaser will require external shippers.