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The 1864 Warwick Race Trophy: An impressive Victorian silver and parcel-gilt figural trophy centrepiece Elkington & Co, Birmingham 1864 image 1
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The 1864 Warwick Race Trophy: An impressive Victorian silver and parcel-gilt figural trophy centrepiece
Elkington & Co, Birmingham 1864

1 July 2025, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £24,320 inc. premium

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The 1864 Warwick Race Trophy: An impressive Victorian silver and parcel-gilt figural trophy centrepiece

Elkington & Co, Birmingham 1864
Naturalistically modelled, with King Charles I sat atop a rearing stallion, with one hand grasping the reigns the other the hilt of a sword, dressed in a cloak emblazoned with the star of the Order of the Garter, the figure is flanked to the left by a kneeing figure of Sir Richard Shuckburgh looking with his hand resting on the hilt of his sword and the other holding his feathered cap down in salute, and to the right flanking the central figure is a hound with head tilted upwards, all on a naturalistic muddy base with tree stump, all raised on an ebonised stepped base with a silver plated plaque with two armorial shields, engraved with presentation inscription:
TEST OF LOYALTY
WARWICK RACES
1864
WON BY EAST LANCASHIRE
, height 41cm, with base 62.5cm, weight 194oz.

Footnotes

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)

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