N° d'objet
201602.3
Titre
'Rochester Fat Stock Show. Challenge Trophy'
Créateur
Description
This is a silver cup for the Rochester Fat Stock Show, presented by the RE Beagles for the Best Pen of Kent Sheep. It is a chalice shaped cup with two handles. The front is engraved 'Rochester Fat Stock Show. Challenge Trophy Presented by R.E. Beagles. For the Best Pen of Kent Sheep.' The reverse is engraved with 24 names and dates of winners, ranging from 1937 to 2014. On the bottom is a hallmark of a bugle and 'JD&S EPBM 8757P 4PT'. The bugle signifies silver plate, and 'JD&S' stands for 'James Dixon and Sons'.
It was donated by the son of one of the winners of the trophy, W. R. Filmer, who won it for three years, 1953-5 and was presented with it in perpetuity.
It is assumed that the trophy was presented by the RE BEagles in gratitude to the local farming community who allowed the beagles to drag hunt across their land. The Fatstock show was a Christmas show attached to livestock markets. Rochester had a livestock market each tuesday, which, on closing in 1960 moved to Maidstone market. The Fatstock show raised funds for charity until 2014 when it was finished. The trophies were returned to the families.
Date
1937 - 2014
Période de création
Windsor, 1910-
Matériel
Dimensions
- Height: 285 mm
- Width: 265 mm
- Diameter: 173 mm