Gold, diamond & enamel stick pin gifted to Royal Jockey John Watts by the Prince of Wales
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£1,600
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Gold, diamond & enamel stick pin gifted to Royal Jockey John Watts by the Prince of Wales later King Edward VII circa 1896,
by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, Regent Street, London, designed as a galloping racehorse with jockey up, in original fitted case which contains a family note reading GIVEN TO FATHER BY EDWARD VI [sic]
Lots 10 to 34 Memorabilia relating to the Royal Jockey John Watts (1861-1902) and the jockey Kempton Cannon (1879-1951). The connection between the two jockeys being that Watts's widow married Cannon. Provenance: by family descent.