A GEORGE V SILVER SALVER

MARK OF RICHARD COMYNS, LONDON, 1927

Details

A GEORGE V SILVER SALVER
MARK OF RICHARD COMYNS, LONDON, 1927
Shaped square with moulded borders and on four bracket feet, engraved with an inscription surrounded by facsimile signatures, marked on the reverse
10 in. (25 cm.)
25 oz. (771 gr.)
The inscription reads 'Westchester Cup September 1927 J. Watson Webb Thomas Hitchcock, Jr Malcolm Stevenson Devereux Milburn Presented To Viscount Cowdray by the H.C.P.C'

Provenance

Presented to Weetman Harold Miller Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray by the Hurlingham Club Polo Committee.

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Lot Essay

The Westchester Cup, also known as the Newport Cup or the International Polo Cup was first played in 1886 between the United States and Great Britain. The British team dominated the tournament until 1909 when Devereux Milburn and others formed a team know as the 'Big Four' who won the cup that year.

Among the engraved signatures is that of Pat Roark, a retired British Army officer who was considered by many the greatest of the world's great polo players. Roark tragically died after being knocked unconscious when his mount stumbled and rolled over on him at a match in California.

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