Elongated cylindrical form with two applied hollow-cast handles, the neck with wide die-rolled decorative border featuring flowers and palms, one side of the body with acid etched scene of six Clydesdales before a ring and under a swag of holly, the verso inscribed "American Horse Show Assn. of Chicago / Special Prize Offered by / Breeder's Gazette / Awarded to R. B. Ogilvie / To three best animals Under three Years of age produce of same / Sire out of different dam's / 1889," with Gorham hallmarks and Spaulding & Co. retailer's mark.

12.25 in.

35.65 troy oz.

This prize vase was awarded by the American Horse Show Association of Chicago to Robert Burns Ogilvie of Madison, Wisconsin for his Clydesdale sire MacQueen's get of three yearlings - MacHappy, Lass o'Gowrie, and Lass o'Gowrie III. Mr. Ogilvie (1851-1923) was a successful merchant in Madison, but gained his greatest success as a breeder of champion Clydesdales at Blairgowrie, champion of agricultural schools and training, and co-founder of the Saddle and Sirloin Club at the Chicago Stock Yards.

Accompanied by a letter from Samuel Hough, proprietor of The Owl at the Bridge in Cranston, Rhode Island and an expert on Gorham sterling, indicates that this vase was a special order made for the retailer Phelps & Miller. Mr. Hough's research also uncovered that 22 hours were spent to make the vase and then 11 hours to engrave the decoration.

$3,000 - 5,000