The vase-shaped cup rests on a spreading, spiral flutted foot with a border of gadrooning and rosettes and is surmounted by a knop with rosettes. The body of the cup is raised from a single sheet, with a chased acanthus calyx and water leaves on the lower section. At the center of each side of the body, inside an applied border of beading and bellflowers, are applied cast medallion depicting the saddling-up and the race. A chased garland of fruit and flowers hangs from the rim between chased lion's masks. A low-relief frieze depicting the race, formed of applied cast figures, encircles the rim. The cast handles are in the form of winged female caryatids with twisted termini. The spool-shaped cover, formed from three raised sections, is chased with water leaves. At the narrowest point a cast border of Greek key is applied. A foliate finial on the top of a fluted and gadrooned dome surmounts the cover. The gilding has apparently been renewed, and a repair to the juncture of the foot has left a grainy surface.

This trophy was awarded to John Hutton, Esquire, whose horse won the Richmond Gold Cup Race in September 1764. Designed by Robert Adam, this cup represents one of the earliest neoclassical models for silver and became the standard for race trophies.