Racing Trophy
Designer
Paul Storr
(English, 1771-1884)
Manufacturer
Rundell, Bridge and Rundell
(English)
CultureEnglish
Date1817-18
MediumGilded silver
DimensionsOverall: 13 x 8 1/2 in. (33 x 21.6 cm)
InscribedHallmarks: full -- side of cup near handle; partial -- inside cover; bottom of finial. Engraved: "Charleston Races/South Carolina/February 1818". Engraved around the foot of the base: "RUNDELL BRIDGE ET RUNDELL AURIFICES REGIS ET PRINCIPIS WALLIAE REGENTIS BRITANNIAS FECERUNT LONDINI" [Made in London by Rundell Bridge and Rundell, goldsmiths to the king and to the prince of Wales, regent of Britain].
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., in honor of Roy B. Martin, Jr.
Object number78.88
Not on view
DescriptionCovered racing trophy.Label TextDesigned by Paul Storr English, 1771–1844 Made by Rundell, Bridge & Rundell London, England Racing Trophy, 1817–18 Gilded silver Gift in honor of Roy Martin, Jr. 78.88 Exhibition History"Treasures for the Table: Silver from the Chrysler Museum," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., June 15 - August 6, 1989. "Classical Taste in America, 1800-1840," The Baltimore Museum of Art, June 27 - Sept. 28, 1993; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC, Nov. 20, 1993 - March, 13, 1994; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, May 1 - July 24, 1994. "In Pursuit of Refinement: Charlestonians Abroad, 1740-1860," Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, South Carolina, April 9 - July 3, 1999. "Reopening of the Joan P. Brock Galleries," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Opening in March of 2008. Published ReferencesEssays by David Revere McFadden, entries by Mark A. Clark, _Treasures for the Table: Silver from the Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., 1989, 84, 85, plate 44. Wendy A. Cooper, _Classical Taste in America, 1800-1840_, exh. cat., Baltimore Museum of Art, 1993, 251-252, 299, no. 203. Maurie D. McInnis in collaboration with Angela D. Mack, _In Pursuit of Refinement: Charlestonians Abroad, 1740-1860_, exh. cat., Gibbes Museums of Art, Charleston, S.C., 1999, 282-283, cat. no. 109. Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 153, fig. 193. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1
ca. 600 A.D.
