Silver-Gilt Covered Cup

William Bateman I (active 1813 - 1822)

Grosvenor Museum

1815-1816

Surmounted by a wheatsheaf finial, the Grosvenor crest, and have cartouches on either face; inscribed Chester Races 1815 and bears the Grosvenor Coat of Arms. Inscribed: this cup was purchased with seventy pounds won by Sir John Grey Egerton's horse, 'Oulton'. Weight 63 troy oz. Purchased with another cup.

• Medium: silver-gilt
• Dimensions: 32.5 cm
• ArtFunded in: 1981
• Vendor: Lowe & Sons, Chester

Provenance

The cups were won by two horses owned by Sir John Grey Egerton, Hit and Miss and Oulton, and they must always have been together.

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