3-021-083 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Centre ornament for the mess-table of the 17th Lancers,1869. 'A noble centrepiece of silver is intended for presentation to the mess of the 17th Lancers by the officers formerly attached to the regiment, one of whom is the Duke of Cambridge, who heads the list of subscribers. The design, of which we give an Illustration, represents a group of cavalry chargers, modelled from life, standing upon an ebony pedestal, at one side of which is a relief illustrating a portion of the celebrated Balaclava charge of the Light Brigade, in which the 17th Lancers took part. The relief at the opposite side illustrates the march of the regiment through India during the rebellion of 1857. At the east end of the pedestal are the skull and crossed lances represented in high relief, being the insignia of the regiment. We understand that Messrs. Elkington and Co., the manufacturers, lately had the honour of submitting this piece of plate to the inspection of the Queen at Osborne, and since then the Duke of Cambridge has seen it, and pronounced his high approval of its execution and design'. From "Illustrated London News", 1869.