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MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT AND ROBERT ROSKELL, LONDON, 1866, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS BROWN
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THE BEAUFORT CUP
A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT AND ROBERT ROSKELL, LONDON, 1866, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS BROWN
Vase shaped and on spreading base cast and applied with the Beaufort arms, supporters, crest and coronet, the body cast and chased with a broad frieze depicting, on one side, King Charles I being greeted by Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester and on the other Henry Somerset being created 1st Duke of Beaufort by King Charles II, the detachable cover with a finial cast as John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, holding a shield engraved with the Royal arms with a label for difference, applied with two figures emblematic of Loyalty and Patriotism, marked on neck, finial, base and arms, further marked inside cover, with an associated iron bound oak box, stencilled 'LORD JERSEY'
33½ in. (85 cm.) high
305 oz. (9,481 gr.)
The arms are those of France quartering England as borne by the Dukes of Beaufort.
A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
MARK OF JOHN SAMUEL HUNT AND ROBERT ROSKELL, LONDON, 1866, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS BROWN
Vase shaped and on spreading base cast and applied with the Beaufort arms, supporters, crest and coronet, the body cast and chased with a broad frieze depicting, on one side, King Charles I being greeted by Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester and on the other Henry Somerset being created 1st Duke of Beaufort by King Charles II, the detachable cover with a finial cast as John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, holding a shield engraved with the Royal arms with a label for difference, applied with two figures emblematic of Loyalty and Patriotism, marked on neck, finial, base and arms, further marked inside cover, with an associated iron bound oak box, stencilled 'LORD JERSEY'
33½ in. (85 cm.) high
305 oz. (9,481 gr.)
The arms are those of France quartering England as borne by the Dukes of Beaufort.
Provenance
Won at the Bath Races on 8 May 1866 by Richard Sutton's four year old horse Elland.
Sir Richard Sutton 4th Bt. (1821-1878) and then by descent to
Sir Richard Vincent Sutton (1891-1919)
The Trustees of the late Sir. R. V. Sutton, Bt.; Christie's, London, 31 March 1976, lot 117.
Sir Richard Sutton 4th Bt. (1821-1878) and then by descent to
Sir Richard Vincent Sutton (1891-1919)
The Trustees of the late Sir. R. V. Sutton, Bt.; Christie's, London, 31 March 1976, lot 117.
Literature
The Illustrated London News, 2 June 1866.
J. B. Hawkins, Masterpieces of English and European Silver and Gold, Sydney, 1979, pp. 108-112.
J. B. Hawkins, The Al-Tajir Collection of Silver and Gold, London, 1983, vol. I, p. 194-195.
M. Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford, 1985, p. 290, no. 3.
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, p. 227.
J. B. Hawkins, Masterpieces of English and European Silver and Gold, Sydney, 1979, pp. 108-112.
J. B. Hawkins, The Al-Tajir Collection of Silver and Gold, London, 1983, vol. I, p. 194-195.
M. Clayton, Christie's Pictorial History of English and American Silver, Oxford, 1985, p. 290, no. 3.
The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, p. 227.
Exhibited
Sydney, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Masterpieces of English and European Silver and Gold, January, 1980, no. 42.
London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 175.
London, Christie's, The Glory of the Goldsmith, Magnificent Gold and Silver from the Al-Tajir Collection, 1989, no. 175.
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