AN AMERICAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED TROPHY CUP AND COVER

MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1960

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AN AMERICAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED TROPHY CUP AND COVER
Mark of Tiffany & Co., New York, circa 1960
Urn-form, on spreading circular foot,with two upswept reeded handles, the domed cover with baluster finial, the body engraved with a presentation inscription and applied with the gold engraved medal won by the recipient, marked under base
17in. (43cm.) high; 69oz. (2160gr.)

Engraved

In part: CAMPIONATO DEL MONDO FEMMINILE DI TIRO AL PICCIONE ANNIE LAURIE AITKEN SECONDA MILAN 1960

Lot Essay

Annie Laurie Crawford Aitken (photograph left), a prize-winning sculptress and patron of the arts, was a superb wing shot and winner of many cups at live-pigeon shooting in Europe. In her first year of competition in the Ladies' World Championship at Seville she out shot all the great Spanish contestants and shot off against an American veteran, Dolly Isetts, to win the No. 2 spot. The following year at Milan she out shot all the Italian women including their top shot, Princess Ruspoli and ended up shooting against Mme. Pigeon for the Championship of the World. In Monte Carlo she shot against the best male shots and finished No. 6 in the Prix de la Cote d'Azure--two places ahead of the professional Callistani, who twice had won the Championship of the World.

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