An Elizabeth II 9ct. gold goblet, Ollivant & Botsford Ltd., London, 1964

Won by Socrates, a horse jointly owned by Tom Crathorne and Lord Brabourne.

The jockey William 'Billy' Nevett (1906-1992) was a native of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester. He first became known to racegoers in the mid 1920s, especially in the North of England. By the time of his retirement in 1956 he had ridden well over 2,000 winners, including the Derby three times in the 1940s on Dante, Owen Tudor and Ocean Swell. In the early 1950s Nevett rode several winning races on Socrates, a racehorse purchased by Mat Peacock at the 1949 Stockton sales for 750 guineas.

The old-established firm of Ollivant & Botsford Ltd., goldsmiths and jewellers of Manchester, was founded by Thomas Ollivant (1762-1812), who entered his first mark at the London Assay Office in 1789. In 1854 his grandson, John Josiah Ollivant (1798-1868) went into partnership with John William Botsford (1821-1880), previously employed at Hunt & Roskell's Manchester branch in St. Ann's Square. Ollivant & Botsford, converted into a limited liability company in 1933, became a subsidiary of Mappin & Webb in the 1960s.