Two-handled silver cup with gilt interior inscribed 'The Beaufort Hunt...
Two-handled silver cup with gilt interior inscribed 'The Beaufort Hunt Cup Won by Mr. Stanley Berry's B.G. Seabreeze IV...', decorated with foliate ornament, flower finial and circular base. Chester, 1909. Makers Edward Samuel Jones & Hubert Crompton (4100 g; h. 61 cm) (defects) The Beaufort Hunt Cup was one of the principal competitions organised by the Beaufort Hunt, the historic English club patronised by the Dukes of Beaufort. Held over the Sherston course (Wiltshire), the race formed part of the traditional hunt steeplechase circuit, a type of obstacle race closely associated with the world of fox hunting. The inscription records the victory of Seabreeze IV on 3 April 1909, a horse owned, trained and ridden by its owner Stanley Berry, an example of the owner-rider tradition that characterised this type of competition.
Estimate € 5,500 - 6,000
Two-handled silver cup with gilt interior inscribed 'The Beaufort Hunt Cup Won by Mr. Stanley Berry's B.G. Seabreeze IV...', decorated with foliate ornament, flower finial and circular base. Chester, 1909. Makers Edward Samuel Jones & Hubert Crompton (4100 g; h. 61 cm) (defects) The Beaufort Hunt Cup was one of the principal competitions organised by the Beaufort Hunt, the historic English club patronised by the Dukes of Beaufort. Held over the Sherston course (Wiltshire), the race formed part of the traditional hunt steeplechase circuit, a type of obstacle race closely associated with the world of fox hunting. The inscription records the victory of Seabreeze IV on 3 April 1909, a horse owned, trained and ridden by its owner Stanley Berry, an example of the owner-rider tradition that characterised this type of competition.
Estimate € 5,500 - 6,000
