Trophy cup
Category
Silver
Date
1900 (circa)
Materials
Silver
Measurements
70 x 40 mm
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 885210
Summary
Small silver Eton fives trophy cup with elaborate side handles and engraved with the letters A.G.A-R. and dated 1909. Possibly the base missing.
Provenance
This cup was won by the Hon Gerald Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden, 1883-1966, who gave Lanhydrock to the National Trust in 1953 and continued to life there with his sisters, Everilda and Violet, until his death in 1966.
Marks and inscriptions
On side of cup: (engraved) A.G.A-R. / DIV. FIVES. / ETON 1909. Under base: JAN.5.02