THE SUGAR BEETS CUP: AN AMERICAN SILVER LARGE PRESENTATION TROPHY CUP

Lot 679
24.01.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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ID 1362217
Lot 679 | THE SUGAR BEETS CUP: AN AMERICAN SILVER LARGE PRESENTATION TROPHY CUP
Valeur estimée
$ 10 000 – 15 000
THE SUGAR BEETS CUP: AN AMERICAN SILVER LARGE PRESENTATION TROPHY CUP
MARK OF MAUSER MFG. CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1911
The tall campana-form trophy with shaped everted rim, the curved handles formed as stalks headed by large chased leaves, the lower body chased and applied to both sides with pairs of crossed sugar beets on rocky outcroppings with waterfalls cascading down to the circular base further chased with ripples and spills of water, on a reel-form ebonized wood base applied with a silver presentation plaque and black enamel manufacturer's plaque, in an original custom large storage trunk stamped SUGAR BEETS, marked on underside of trophy
30 ¼ in. (76.8 cm.) high
229 oz. 10 dwt. (7,137.5 gr.) weighable silver
The presentation inscription reads,
PRIZE CUP FOR THE BEST SUGAR BEETS
AWARDED BY
HORACE HAVEMEYER, ESQ.
AT THE
AMERICAN LAND & IRRIGATION EXPOSITION
A.E. STILWELL. PRES. GILBERT MCCLURG GEN. MGR.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, NOV. 3 - 12, 1911




Provenance

The Herring Family, New Jersey.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 22 May 2003, lot 631.



Exhibited

Madison Square Garden, New York, The American Land and Irrigation Exposition, 3-12 November 1911.
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