The Beaufort Cup
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A Victorian Silver Cup and Cover
Mark of John Samuel Hunt and Robert Roskell London 1866, The design attributed to Thomas Brown
Applied with the Beaufort arms, supporters, crest and coronet, the body cast and chased with a broad frieze depicting, on one side, King Charles I being greeted by Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester and on the other Henry Somerset being created 1st Duke of Beaufort by King Charles II, the detachable cover with a finial cast as John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, holding a shield engraved with the Royal arms with a label for difference, applied with two figures emblematic of Loyalty and Patriotism,'
33½ in. (85 cm.) high
305 oz. (9,481 gr.)
The arms are those of France quartering England as borne by the Dukes of Beaufort.
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