THE BEAUFORT CUP
A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT CUP AND COVER
Lot 389 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

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

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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.

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.