Cup
Daniel Smith and Robert Sharp
Category
Silver
Date
1764
Materials
Silver gilt
Measurements
478 x 415 x 210 mm
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516448
Summary
Silver gilt vase-shaped cup and cover, circular foor and spirally fluted stem, body chased below with foliage, above with 2 medallions, 1 of racehorses, the other of 2 horses, 2 jockeys and grooms. Frieze above of scenes telling of racehorse's life from training to winning a race. Handles as winged female terminal figures, spool-shaped cover chased with palm leaves centring on key pattern band, fluted upper part with cone finial. One of the medallions inscribed 'To the Best in Ireland', by Daniel Smith and Robert Sharp 1764, George III. Also inscription engraved beneath flange of lid - 'Hugh Percy, Earl of Northumberland, Lord Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland 1764'.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Makers and roles
Daniel Smith and Robert Sharp