MARK OF WHITING MFG. CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1892

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AN AMERICAN SILVER LARGE TWO-HANDLED PRESENTATION PUNCH BOWL
MARK OF WHITING MFG. CO., NEW YORK, CIRCA 1892
The deep circular bowl raised on a spreading base, the rim applied with foliate scrolls, berried laurel and horseshoes, one side finely etched with stallion leaping through climbing flames emerging from a chased pyre of logs and further etched within the flames BON-FIRE 1892, the other side with etched inscription The First American Championship Cup for BON-FIRE National Horse Show Association Madison Square Garden, New York, 1892, above tack, the handles applied with horseshoes and acanthus and springing from wheels, marked on underside
20 in. (51 cm.) long, over handles
158 oz. (4,915 gr.)

Lot Essay

The National Horse Show is the oldest continually held horse show in the United States. It was founded in 1883 by a group of affluent sportsman in New York, and held there until 2002, when it moved to Florida and then to Kentucky. Bred by a Captain John A. Logan from Oriole Stud Farm in Ohio, Bonfire, a Hackney Stallion, was sent to New York in 1892 to compete in what would be a winning victory for the stallion. 1892 was a significant year for the National Horse Show as it was the first year where they offered a formal championship for Hackney Stallions.

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