A MONUMENTAL PARCEL-GILT SILVER TROPHY VASE

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A MONUMENTAL PARCEL-GILT SILVER TROPHY VASE
MAKER'S MARK OF CARTIER, CIRCA 1936

Of flaring cylindrical form, the fluted and gilt base with three geometric arms mounting a silver cup, the rim with band of applied overlapping wheels, the front applied with GEORGE VANDERBILT and engraved THE INTERNATIONAL AUTOMOBILE CHALLENGE CUP TO BE RACED FOR ANNUALLY UNDER A DEED OF GIFT, on a marble pedestal with two plaques engraved TAZIO NUVOLARI, 1936 and BERND ROSEMEYER, 1937, marked under base--