Rare sterling silver gilt Challenge Cup, inscribed: “CHALLENGE CUP PRESENTED BY HIS EXCELLENCY The Lord Byng of Vimy G.C.B GAWERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA TO DORVAL JOCKEY CLUB 1922”. On the other side is beautifully engraved coat of arms .The trophy is English made and stamped with London marks: leopard’s head, lion passant, manufacture mark and date letter what correspond to 1904-5. Cup stands about 7 ½ inches tall and is about 9.5" across the handles and about 10 ¼ in diameter...

Early 20 century, bronze plaque of Stanislaw Staszic; a priest, philosopher, statesman, geologist, scholar; poet and writer one of the leaders of the Polish Enlightenment (1755-1826) signed by Jozef Aumiller with the stamp on the back of the foundry “Mennica Panstwowa”. “Józef (Joseph) Aumiller (1892-1963)-sculptor and engraver. Between 1925-39 art director of the Polish foundry “Mennica Panstwowa”...