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AN AMERICAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED PRESENTATION TROPHY CUP
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1877
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AN AMERICAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED PRESENTATION TROPHY CUP
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1877
KNOWN AS THE "SEWELL CUP"; ON A DECORATED CIRCULAR FOOT, WITH BALUSTER STEM, THE CUP RISING UP TO A DECORATED FLARED LIP WITH APPLIED HANDLES AND DECORATED WITH APPLIED IMAGES OF NEPTUNE, ROPE WORK, AND A GEAR WHEEL, AND INSCRIBED: "PRESENTED TO/MR.THOS SEWELL/CHIEF ENGINEER OF S.S. BRITANNIC/BY THE PASSENGERS TO COMMEMORATE/THE VOYAGE FROM/QUEENSTOWN TO NEW YORK/AUGUST 10TH TO 17TH 1877". FURTHER ENGRAVED ON THE BOTTOM NEAR THE MAKER'S MARK: 7 DAYS 10 HOURS 53 MINUTES.
9¼ X 6½ IN. (23.5 X 16.5 CM.)
MARK OF TIFFANY & CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1877
KNOWN AS THE "SEWELL CUP"; ON A DECORATED CIRCULAR FOOT, WITH BALUSTER STEM, THE CUP RISING UP TO A DECORATED FLARED LIP WITH APPLIED HANDLES AND DECORATED WITH APPLIED IMAGES OF NEPTUNE, ROPE WORK, AND A GEAR WHEEL, AND INSCRIBED: "PRESENTED TO/MR.THOS SEWELL/CHIEF ENGINEER OF S.S. BRITANNIC/BY THE PASSENGERS TO COMMEMORATE/THE VOYAGE FROM/QUEENSTOWN TO NEW YORK/AUGUST 10TH TO 17TH 1877". FURTHER ENGRAVED ON THE BOTTOM NEAR THE MAKER'S MARK: 7 DAYS 10 HOURS 53 MINUTES.
9¼ X 6½ IN. (23.5 X 16.5 CM.)