Lot 420
  • 420

American silver punch bowl trophy, Tiffany & Co., New York, circa 1883

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • marked on base and numbered 7816-1120
  • silver
  • diameter 12 1/4 in.
  • 31 cm
on circular foot with band of running foliage and flowers, the rim with border of etched berried branches and applied with foliate letters CARTERET CHAMPION CUP

Condition

a few shallow creases, minor dings and light surface scratches, otherwise good condition
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Catalogue Note

The Carteret Gun Club was formed in 1883 in Garden City, Long Island, New York for live pigeon shooting, employing live pigeons for targets instead of clays.