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The sterling silver trophy cup and cover for the 1900 New…
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Melbourne
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11-Dec-2011
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The sterling silver trophy cup and cover for the 1900 New Zealand Inanimate Pigeon Shooting Association Inter-club cup maker's mark Adolph Kohn, New Zealand, circa 1900 bearing the inscription 'The / N.Z / Inanimate / Pigeon Shooting / Association / Inter-club cup / 1900,' inscribed verso 'Won by / Mr Arthur Duvall / on 19/9/03 / renamed /, the Royal artillery cup / Ubique / and presented by him to /, the Northern gun club / to be held by that club as /, the New Zealand Inanimate bird / Championship cup,' the waisted body gadrooned to the lower section, flanked by leaf capped scroll handles, rising to a domed cover with a finial realistically rendered in the form of a clay pigeon trap, raised on a jewelled stem and a spreading circular foot, hallmarked A. Kohn warranted sterling silver twice to the underside of the foot rim, 2545 grs.total weight of silver, 41.5 cm high. Note: reference to the commission of the cup can be found in the evening post, volume Lix. Issue 10 12th January 1900 page 6, where it is stated that '... A local jeweler has been instructed to draw out designs for a 50 pound cup to be called the New Zealand Inter club cup for inanimate pigeon shooting. This can be fired for by any club on its own ground (if affiliated) provided a responsible officer of the club is on the ground to see that the association rules are carried out, and an official score sheet kept.'
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