拍品专文
This trophy is an early example of a prize for a running race. The American Amateur Athletic Union was not officially established until 1888.
细节
A SILVER TROPHY CUP
MAKER'S MARK OF STARR & MARCUS, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1873
On spreading circular base with band of anthemion within scrolls on a matted ground, rising to an Ionic column stem mounted with an amphora strapped with drapery and crossed laurel branches, the cup applied with laurel branches and two bearded masks, the domed cover with similar band of anthemion and surmounted by a nude figure of a runner, the front engraved with the inscription BENNETT CUP American Intercollegiate Running Race At Hampden Park-Springfield, Mass. July 17, 1873. WON BY Duncan Ewen Bowie of McGill University Montreal 2 MILES Time 11min. 18 1/2sec., marked under base and with ENGLISH STERLING
16in. high
(45oz.)
MAKER'S MARK OF STARR & MARCUS, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1873
On spreading circular base with band of anthemion within scrolls on a matted ground, rising to an Ionic column stem mounted with an amphora strapped with drapery and crossed laurel branches, the cup applied with laurel branches and two bearded masks, the domed cover with similar band of anthemion and surmounted by a nude figure of a runner, the front engraved with the inscription BENNETT CUP American Intercollegiate Running Race At Hampden Park-Springfield, Mass. July 17, 1873. WON BY Duncan Ewen Bowie of McGill University Montreal 2 MILES Time 11min. 18 1/2sec., marked under base and with ENGLISH STERLING
16in. high
(45oz.)