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Lot 395
Three Sterling Silver Horse Trophies,
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The first a center bowl with lobed body raised on three feet, inscribed "Woodbine / Autumn 1955 / Fairbank Stakes," made by Birks and bearing hallmarks (4.25" x 9.25" dia., 17.1 troy ozs.); the second a shell form serving dish raised on two ball feet, inscribed "Woodbine 1959 / The Valedictory Stakes / won by / Calais 2nd / Owner - Lanson Farms / Trainer - A. H. Warner Jockey - Hugo Dittfach / Weight - 122 lbs. Time - 2:59 2/5 / Dist. One Mile and Three Quarters," made by Birks and bearing hallmarks (1" x 9.25" x 9.25", 15.4 troy ozs.); the third an octagonal serving bowl with wide flange with gadrooned border, the center engraved "Matheson-Merrill Challenge Trophy / Amateur Owner Ridden Hunter / C. W. Post College Horse Show," by Ensko with hallmarks (1.25" x 11.25" x 11.25", 26.2 troy ozs.)

Surface scratches to each, the low bowl with damage to the underside of flange.

From a Private Collection in North Carolina

$400 - 600