AN AMERICAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED TENNIS TROPHY-CUP

MAKER'S MARK OF GORHAM, CIRCA 1909, ALSO STAMPED ETQ

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AN AMERICAN SILVER TWO-HANDLED TENNIS TROPHY-CUP
Maker's mark of Gorham, circa 1909, also stamped ETQ
Waisted urn form, the lower body chased and engraved with flowers and foliage, twice forming cartouche, the body engraved AMATEUR RACQUET CHAMPIONSHIP OF AMERICA 1909; one cartouche Won by Harold F. M. Cormick; the other MATCHES BEST OF FIVE GAMES EAST COURT; the reverse side engraved PLAYED AT THE RACQUET AND TENNIS CLUB N.Y., extensively engraved below with various players and scores, with two foliate joined loop handles, with beaded sides--10in. (26.7cm.) high, 57oz.

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