Fine Art Sale
Lot 173
LAWN TENNIS INTEREST. A VICTORIAN SILVER ROSE BOWL richly embossed with flowers and scrolls
LAWN TENNIS INTEREST. A VICTORIAN SILVER ROSE BOWL richly embossed with flowers and scrolls, engraved BUXTON OPEN LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT CHALLENGE BOWL FOR THE LADIES DOUBLES ALL ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP, the reverse with names of winners 1896-1902 [won the three last years by Mrs Pickering and Miss Robb], 28cm diam, by Wakely & Wheeler, London 1896, 37ozs 8dwtsProvenance: The joint winner Mrs W H Pickering; thence by descent to the present vendor.
Estimate: £400 - 600
Sold for £650