The Victor Niederhoffer Collection or Trophy and Presentation Silver
Catalog Information: 176 lots | 175 with images
Date: 1998
Auction House:
Sotheby's
Location:
USA
Lot 1: An American silver large two-handled cup, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI,
1902 of baluster vase form, embossed and chased with scrolls and flowers, capped double-scroll handles, engraved inscriptions in reserves on each side, gilt interior, marked on base and with date symbol 135oz. 15dwt. (4222gr.) height 17 in. (43.2 cm. [...more]
Lot 2: An American silver large two-handled cup and cover, Howard & Co., New York,
circa 1905 of baluster form, the pedestal foot, lower body and cover spirally fluted with bellflowers and ears of wheat, capped double-scroll handles, torsed vase finial, marked on base 191oz. (5940gr.) height 25 in. (63.5 cm.).
Lot 3: An American silver large two-handled cup and cover, Gorham Mfg. Co., Providence, RI,
1903 of baluster vase form, embossed and chased with scrolls and flowers around blank reserves, capped double-scroll handles, the domed cover similarly decorated with torsed vase finial, marked on base and with date symbol 174oz. 10dwt. (5427gr.) hei [...more]
Lot 4: Four American silver trophies
a mug etched with a polo scene on four fluted ball feet, by Whiting Mfg. Co., circa 1881, a square salver engraved with a horse and rider clearing a fence, by Whiting Mfg. Co., circa 1889, a mug with horn handle etched with a dice cup, by Internation [...more]
Lot 5: An American Art Nouveau massive silver three-handled trophy cup, Towle, Newburyport, MA
circa 1911 the domed base applied with sprays of daffodils, the curving horn-shaped handles topped by further sprays of jonquils and iris 283oz. (8801gr.) height 21 in. (53.3 cm.) The inscriptions read 'CHAMPION TWO YEAR OLD OF 1911, PRIVATE SWEEPSTA [...more]
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