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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume III, Issue 106, 4 August 1892, Page 10

The usual Queen’s Gold Vase, run for at Ascot this year, and the gift of Her Majesty, took the form of an oviform vase, with bold end handles and finely modelled bas-relief*of an Italian horse race on one side and the Royal arms and supporters interlaced with rose, shamrock, and thistle on reverse. The Ascot Cup was a very richly decorated gold cup and cover in the style of “ Holbein,” with finely modelled bas-relief round the body of Roman chariot race. Surrounding the stem of the cup are three statuettes, representing Apollo, God of the Arts ; Phoebe, Goddess of Divination ; and Atalanta took the form emblematic of speed. On the cover was a group of three other appropriate figures, representing Mercury, Reward, and Sport; and the whole wan surmounted by the figure of a Roman warrior.