Trophy cup
Joseph Cresswell
Category
Silver
Date
circa 1778
Materials
Silver
Measurements
405 x 360 x 215 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609227
Summary
A racing cup of Adamesque design, with vase shaped body, circular fluted cover with pineapple finial, a pair of handles and raised on a circular foot. Decorated with husk garlands hung from bows and band of anthemion motifs with beaded border. Plantain leaves to base. Inscriptions engraved in oval medallions surrounded by a beaded border: Won by Little Isaac (in one medallion); Oswestry Races the Gift of Sr Watkin Williams Wynn Bart (in the other medallion). Made by Joseph Cresswell, London, circa 1778. Cresswell had made pieces to designs by Robert Adam for a dinner service for Sir Watkins Williams Wynn.
Provenance
Bought by the 8th Lord Berwick, Christies 11 March 1931, lot 126, being sold from Davenport by Mrs Leicester-Warren. Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Marks and inscriptions
Won BY Little Isaac and Oswestry Races the Gift of Sr Watkin Williams Wynn Bart (engraved in oval medallions with beaded borders)
Makers and roles
Joseph Cresswell, maker