A George III silver-gilt cup and cover, Paul Storr of Storr & Co for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, London, 1815

campana shaped body engraved 'BLANFORD / 1815 / Sir Richard Carr Glynn [sic] Bar^{t. / STEWARD' and chased on the other side with three foals loose in the meadow, ribbon tied wreath finial, the foot stamped 'RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIE REGENTIS BRITANNIAS,' the cover and foot also stamped 477}

Marked on body, cover and finial, marks all clear and good; nice colour; complete with original fitted case; some minor scratches to the underside of the cover; overal excellent condition.
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Sir Richard Carr Glyn (1755-1838), banker and in 1798 Lord Mayor of London, was the grandson of Sir Robert Carr, a mercer of Ludgate Hill, whose wife, Grace was the sister of Thomas Bigge of Northumberland. In 1763 the latter married Elizabeth, sister of Philip Rundell (1746-1827), senior partner of Rundell, Bridge & Rundell.

'BLANDFORD Races commenced on Tuesday, the 8^th instant [8 August 1815], when the Dorsetshire Gold Cup [the silver-gilt cup and cover in this lot], by subscribers of ten guineas each, for all ages, was won by Mr. Radclyffe's Midnight, beating Mr. Farquharson's b. f. by Eagle. . . The course was well attended, and the sport on both days excellent. – The company at the balls was more numerous than for many years past, and the ball room was graced by the fashion and beauty of the neighbouring counties, as well as by those of the county of Dorset.' (The Sporting Magazine, London, 1815, pp. 231-232)