3-003-841 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Challenge Cup presented to the Royal Canadian Yacht Club by the Prince of Wales, 1861. 'The execution of this splendid trophy was intrusted to the well-known house of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, and it is a triumph of the silversmith's art. It consists of a vase in frosted silver, partly burnished. Two principal medallions, in low relief, illustrate an incident in the life of Columbus, in which the great discoverer quells his mutinous sailors, and the cession of a tract of land (afterwards called Pennsylvania) to William Penn. Two graceful female figures form the handles of the cup, the cover of which is surmounted by a figure of Britannia. The base is of ebony, bearing two shields engraved with the badge of the Prince and the inscription. The vase was designed and modelled by Mr. Archibald J. Barrett, a promising young artist, who also designed the Queen's Cup contested at the Cowes Regatta in August last. Upon its arrival at Toronto it was exhibited to the public at the establishment of Mr. J. E. Ellis, jeweller, King-street, and upon the day of the eventful contest it occupied a prominent position upon the quarter-deck of the club yacht'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861.