Cup

Description

Huntly Race Cup of silver, for horse races promoted by the Dukes of Gordon of Huntly, thistle-shaped with flaring rim, double scroll strap handle and applied collet foot, by William Scott, Banff, Scotland, c. 1695

Museum reference

H.1996.275

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Cup

Production information

William Scott, Silversmith
Banff, Banffshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1695

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Silver

Associations

Dukes of Gordon at Huntly
The Huntly Race
Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

The Huntly Race and its Trophies, (How, J, in From the Stone Age to the `45, ed. Clarke & O'Conner, 1983