A REGENCY SILVER-GILT TROPHY CUP AND COVER

MARK OF PAUL STORR, LONDON, 1817

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A REGENCY SILVER-GILT TROPHY CUP AND COVER
Mark of Paul Storr, London, 1817
Urn-form on a circular foot, the foot, lower body and shoulder chased with gadrooning, the body with band of grapevine under a chased scene of three horses on one side, and an engraved inscription on the other, with two leaf-clad bracket handles, the cover with shell and scroll border, surmounted by a grapevine finial, marked on shoulder, under cover and on finial, foot also stamped RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE REGENTIS BRITANNIAS FECERUNT
15in. (38.2cm.) high; 108oz. (3373gr.)

Lot Essay

The engraved inscription reads: Goodwood 1828 WON BY MISS CRAVEN 4 Yrs. OLD RODE BY F. BOYCE

The Duke of Richmond's MISS CRAVEN won the 1828 Gold Cup, valued at £80. Another Storr racing trophy depicting three horses, 1809, sold at Christie's, New York, October 20, 1997, lot 210.

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