Cup and cover
probably Garrards
Category
Silver
Date
1771 - 1880
Materials
Silver
Measurements
60 x 41.3 x 24.8 cm; 6395 g (Weight)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516450
Summary
A two-handled, cup and cover, silver-gilt, circa 1880, incorporating elements of an earlier cup marked for John Parker I and Edward Wakelin, London 1771/72; the cover with let-in hallmarks. The massive vase-shaped cup and its domed cover are raised with cast and applied elements. The cup stands on a circular foot. Above the deep cast foot ring is a border of gadrooning and a plain concave border. Resting on this the trumpet-shaped foot is embossed with spiral fluting with a border of reed and ribbon. The cup’s calyx rests on a torus of laurel leaves, and is applied with alternating lanceolate leaves and batons or posts. The sides are applied with two narrow guilloche borders a border of beads and another of Vitruvian scrolls on a matted ground. Suspended from the borders by ribbons and laurel leaf swags are two oval cartouches framed by laurel leaves. They are inscribed: “The Beacham Well Cup The property of Christr. Blake. Esqr. Won by Mark Antony Ye Octr 1771” And on the opposite side: “MARK ANTONY Got by SPECTATOR Dam by BLANK out Of SORE HEELS” The wide border at the top of the cup is applied with six racehorses and their jockeys galloping across turf towards a winning post. Engraved on the moulded rim above is the name of each horse: ‘Lycurgis’, ‘Fabius’, ‘Conductor’, ‘Mark Anthony,’ ‘Pyrrhus’ and ‘Priestess’. The two loop handles are cast, each with a border of graduating bell flowers on a matted ground between borders of scales. They join the body with stylised shells. There is no flange to the cover; instead its cast border of stylised acanthus leaves protrudes over the rim of the cup. Between the acanthus leaves and a narrow border of beads the plain surface is inscribed: Mr Leopold ROTHsCHILD’S ch. f. FASHION by FAVONIUS out of his Sisto Elegance 7.4 GREAVES beating PAROLE 9.9 MASTER KILDARE 9.12 RHIDORROCH and SOLVER” Just before the cover rises to a steep dome is a further inscription: EPSOM GOLD CUP. 1880 28 MAY The dome is embossed with partially matted fluting. Suspended round the sides are pendants of bell flowers. At the top is a narrow applied torus with a guilloche border. The cast finial is formed as a jockey holding a whip in his right hand; his left hand holds a laurel wreath and rests on a post. He stands on a disk of silver cast to resemble turf. The finial is a replacement or has been altered as the cover has two positioning holes for pins, whereas the finial has only one. Heraldry: None Hallmarks: Fully marked on the underside of the cup’s foot: leopard’s head, date letter ‘Q’, lion passant and maker’s mark ‘JP’ over ‘EW’ for John Parker I and Edward Wakelin (Arthur Grimwade: London Goldsmiths 1697-1837, 1990, no. 1602, p. 120); and marked on the underside of the cover: lion passant, leopard’s head and ‘Q’. Scratchweight: 200=17
Provenance
Christopher Blake Leopold de Rothschild (1845-1917) and by descent to his third son, Anthony de Rothschild (1887-1961) Christie’s sale: Fine Old English & Foreign Silver the property of Anthony de Rothschild Esq, London, 23 October 1940, lot 69 David Black of 1 Burlington Gardens, London W1, sold the cup to Lord Fairhaven for £200 (Invoice not numbered or dated) (Urban) Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Baron Fairhaven (1896-1966) bequeathed by Lord Fairhaven to the National Trust along with the house and the rest of the contents. National Trust
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, the Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
probably Garrards , goldsmith John Parker and Edward Wakelin, goldsmith