Antique English Gilt Bronze Plaque/Diorama of "Faugh-a-Ballagh," Circa 1870 Sold Signed lower left "W

Signed lower left "W

75" long X 2

5" tall (16

Antique Oil on Canvas Painting Jean-Michel Cels (1819–1894)

The lid having a fruiting finial

Antique English Gilt Bronze Plaque/Diorama of "Faugh-a-Ballagh," Circa 1870 Sold Signed lower left "WAntique English Gilt Bronze Plaque Diorama of "Faugh a Ballagh," Circa 1870. The plaque mounted in its original gilt framed case. Faugh a Ballagh (foaled 1841 in Ireland, the name being an old Irish battle cry for "clear the way") was a Thoroughbred racehorse. A brother to Birdcatcher, Faugh a Ballagh was sold to E. J. Erwin in 1842. He ran once as a two year old at the Doncaster's Champagne Stakes, finishing third to The Cure and Sorella. He then