
Ellis Finch
Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department
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Head of Knightsbridge Silver Department

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The Warwick race committee between 1851-1856 had a history of commissioning trophy's related with the history of Warwickshire, such as the Warwick Cup for the 1853 races which depicted Queen Henrietta Maria and Prince Rupert of the Rhine at Edge Hill, there were also trophies depicting Elizabeth I entering Knebworth Castle and Charles I at Edgehill. These trophies were all supplied by Elkington and designed by the sculptor Pierre-Emile Jeannest. The present trophy falls into that earlier tradition and depicts Charles I at the eve of the Battle of Edgehill knighting Richard Shuckburgh a royalist supporter. The battle of Edgehill was a battle in the English Civil war fought in South Warwickshire, the battle was an inconclusive one and only elongated the Civil war.
The arms are the Royal Suart arms of Charles I in dexter emparlée with the arms of the SHUCKBURGH family of Shuckburgh Hall, Lower Shuckburgh, Warwickshire in sinister.
The trophy was won by East Lancashire at Warwick races in 1864, East Lancashire was a highly successful horse and won at Warwick twice.
Provenance:
By descent through the Jervis family to the present owners, descendants of Admiral of the Fleet and 1st Earl of St Vincent (1734-1823).
At the time of the race Carnegie Robert Jervis, was 3rd Viscount St Vincent (1825 - 1879)