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Lot 45
  • 45

AN AMERICAN SILVER TENNIS TROPHY, George C. Shreve & Co., San Francisco, circa 1890

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • marked on base
  • Silver
  • height 11 1/2 in.
  • 29.2cm
of heavy weight and two-handled vase form, the foot with tennis nets, the lower body with racquets, the neck with balls and laurel, etched "Challenge Cup" and engraved with winners 1890-92

Provenance

Victor Niederhoffer Collection, sold
Sotheby's, New York, 15 December 1998, lot 30