Exbury House: Le Goût Rothschild - 5th October 2022
Lot 135
A LARGE EDWARDIAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED TROPHY CUP
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £5200
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Description
A LARGE EDWARDIAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED TROPHY CUP
BY CHARLES TOWNLEY AND JOHN THOMAS, LONDON, 1904
retailed by F.B. Thomas and Co., of circular tapering form, with cut-card decoration and leaf capped scroll handles, on a raised circular foot, inscribed 'The "Entente Cordiale" Cup, Presented to The British Motor Boat Club by Mrs Walker Munro 1905, won by 1905 Aug 7 'Napier II' J. Scott Montagu, Lionel de Rothschild, 1906 Aug 6 'Yarrow Napier', Lionel de Rothschild'
32.5cm long
approx. weight 150oz.
Provenance
Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)
Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)
The Trustees of Exbury House
Catalogue Note
The British Motor Boat Club was officially founded in May 1905. It was created by a group of enthusiastic gentlemen who were members of the New Automobile Club, later to become the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, London. They included Lionel de Rothschild, Bernard Redwood, Basil Joy and John Scott-Montagu.