Lot 34
34
A George III silver-gilt cup and cover
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more THE EGLINTON RACE-CUPS This and the following four lots, the Eglinton race-cups of 1814 to 1819, comprise a total of eight race-cups, all for 100 guineas races. The two cups in the previous lot may have been acquired separately. Although the 12th Earl had succeeded to the title in 1796 he only took to racing in 1809 at the age of seventy, keeping his entries mainly to the meetings near his estates in Ayrshire. His wins in the period 1809 until his death in 1819 are recorded: Snodgrass by Sir Charles, Gold Cup at Ayr, 1 September 1813 Meg Merridees by Remembrancer, Gold Cup at Irvine (later known as Bogside), 3 August 1815 Kate Kearney by Caleb, Gold Cup at Ayr, 4 September 1816 (won after a dead heat with Carrick Gold Cup at Irvine, 24 July 1817 Glengarry by Stamford, Gold Cup at Ayr, 6 October 1817 San Culotte by Stamford, Gold Cup at Ayr, 26 August 1818 Gold Cup at Perth, 8 October 1818 (this was the Caledonian Hunt Gold Cup given by the Club and run at various different meetings over a cycle of several years) Monreith by Stamford, Gold Cup at Irvine, 22 July 1819 Gold Cup at Stranraer, 3 August 1819 Gold Cup at Ayr, 1 September 1819 This impressive record covering five wins at Ayr, three at Irvine/Bogside, plus Stranrarer and Perth shows Monreith as the 12th Earl's most prolific winner with three important wins over a scant seven weeks in the summer of 1819. The Earl's successor, the 13th Earl, who was Viceroy in Ireland, continued the family's racing tradition, establishing the Eglinton Tournament, and owned the great horse The Flying Dutchman.
A George III silver-gilt cup and cover

MARK OF JOSEPH HARDY, LONDON, 1814

Details
A George III silver-gilt cup and cover
Mark of Joseph Hardy, London, 1814
Partly-fluted urn-shaped on slightly domed partly-fluted circular foot, the body with a broad border of scrolling flowers and foliage on a matted ground, and central oval plaque with a scene of two jockeys in a race, the two reeded handles with lions' mask terminals, the domed cover with guilloche border and acanthus bud finial on a partly matted ground, marked under foot and cover
13¼in. (33.5cm.) high
119oz. (3,727gr.)
Provenance
Hugh, 12th Earl of Eglinton K.T. (1739-1819) and then by descent to
Archibald, 16th Earl of Eglinton and Winton (1880-1945)
The Earl of Eglinton and Winton; Christie's London, 12 July 1922, lot 33 (£63 to Comyns)
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