MARK OF R & S GARRARD, LONDON, 1848; THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO EDMUND COTTERILL

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THE QUEEN'S CUP, ASCOT, 1861: A VICTORIAN SILVER TROPHY
MARK OF R & S GARRARD, LONDON, 1848; THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO EDMUND COTTERILL
Of ewer form, on circular foot chased with fruit, the baluster stem with three beaded scroll brackets, the lobed bowl chased with strapwork and applied with pendant fruit and flowers, the removable upper section formed as grassy hill set with a buffalo hunt, two Indians on horseback, the neck with foliate scrolls and strapwork, with double scroll handle, engraved The Gift of Her Majesty the Queen, Ascot 1861, with applied Royal Arms, marked on bowl, grass, horses, buffalo and neck, also stamped R & S Garrard, PANTON ST LONDON
30 in. (76.2 cm.) high; 324 oz. (10,086 gr.)

Provenance

Christie's, New York, 29 April 1987, lot 399

Literature

The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, illus. pp. 224-25

Exhibited

"The Glory of the Goldsmith: Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection," London, 1989, no. 155

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Lot Essay

Edmund Cotterill (1795-1860) produced a related ewer-form cup for Garrard's display at the 1851 Great Exhibition. That cup, depicting the Eighth Labor of Hercules, was awarded as Ascot's Emperor's Cup in 1850, and is illustrated in John Culme, Nineteenth Century Silver, 1977, p. 158.

Cotterill ran Garrard's design studio from 1833 until his death and he designed numerous race cups, including all four Emperor's Cups from 1848-52. His choice of subject matter was diverse, as here, he employed North American imagery of a buffalo hunt.

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