Silver & Objects of Vertu - Day 1 - 25th October 2022 - 25 Oct 2022
Two 19th century Regimental silver marrow scoops
Two 19th century Regimental silver marrow scoops, The 4th (The Queen's Own) Hussars,
one by Mappin and Webb, Sheffield 1898, the other unmarked,
the reverse of the bowl with the Regimental badge above 'Salamanca', one inscribed 'Presented by 2nd Lieut E.H. Caldbeck on joining 1897', length 24cm and 19.8cm, approx weight. 2.5oz. (2)
The Regiment took part in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava in October 1854. In 1861 the Regiment became the 4th (Queen's Own Hussars). In 1958 it amalgamated with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars to form The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars.