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THE GOODWOOD ORLEANS CUP, 1841 A FRENCH SILVER-GILT CUP ON A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT PLINTH
THE CUP MARK OF FRANCOIS DURAND PARIS, CIRCA 1841, DESIGNED BY JEAN-BAPTISTE KLAGMANN, THE PLINTH MARK OF MORTIMER AND HUNT, LONDON, 1841
THE GOODWOOD ORLEANS CUP, 1841 A FRENCH SILVER-GILT CUP ON A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT PLINTH THE CUP MARK OF FRANCOIS DURAND PARIS, CIRCA 1841, DESIGNED BY JEAN-BAPTISTE KLAGMANN, THE PLINTH MARK OF MORTIMER AND HUNT, LONDON, 1841 The tapering body cast and chased in high relief with medieval jousting scenes, applied at each side with a cast female figure supporting the scrolling reeded handles, each capped with a horse rearing against two figures, the base applied with two knights in armour, each holding a shield with the initials 'PO' below a Royal crown, with two further roundels, engraved with initials below a duke's coronet, the plain plinth engraved with two inscriptions, the French Royal arms with a label for difference and another coat-of-arms below a duke's coronet, the cup marked on foot and on one handle, the base further engraved 'DURAND ORF' and 'KLAGMANN SCULP', further stamped underneath 'DURAND ORFEVRE, RUE DU BAC 58, A PARIS' the stand marked on one side and further stamped '8678 MORTIMER & HUNT' the cup 26 in. (66 cm.) high weighable silver 330 oz. (10,266 gr.) The first inscription reads 'GOODWOOD RACES 1841 WON BY THE DUKE OF RICHMOND'S B. H. MUS AGED' The second inscription reads 'GIVEN BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF ORLEANS' The French Royal arms are for Crown Prince Ferdinand Philippe of France, Duke of Orléans (1810-1842). The further coat-of-arms are those of Charles Lennox 5th Duke of Richmond and Lennox (1791-1860).