The Loving Cups

Loving Cup presented by the Eighth Duke of Devonshire

This Loving Cup was presented by the Eighth Duke of Devonshire and bears the following inscription:-

"The gift of the most Noble Spencer Compton, Eighth Duke of Devonshire, KG, Baron Cavendish of Keighley and Lord of the Manor, commemoration of his enrolment as an Honorary Freeman of the Borough on the 20th of August 1904, William Clough, Mayor, George Burr, Town Clerk."

The cup was made by Messrs D & J Wellby Limited of London and is of massive silver gilt weighing ninety one ounces and is a facsimile of the well known Loving Cup in the possession of the Worshipful the City of London Goldsmiths Livery made by Paul Lamerie who died in 1751.

Loving Cup presented by Mr and Mrs Sam Clough

This cup is classic in style and copied from an antique.  It has a massive though graceful body with three handles, the spaces between handles containing the Arms of the Borough and the following inscriptions:-

"King George V and Queen Mary crowned June 22nd 1911."

"Presented to the Borough of Keighley by Mr and Mrs Sam Clough, Mayor and Mayoress, 1910-11 and

1911-12."

The body is carried by a richly ornate stem supported by a substantial foot.  The cup weighs 100,400 ounces troy, is mounted on a fumed oak plinth and was made by Messrs Fattorini & Sons Limited, Art Gold and Silversmiths, Bradford.