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Cortlandt Parker's Six Sterling Silver Trophies
Cortlandt Parker's Six Sterling Silver Trophies
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Description
Cortlandt and Trent Parker's Six American Sterling Silver and Silver-Gilt Polo and Army Trophies, 1909-1915. Comprising a Gorham Mfg. Co. Providence, Rhode Island trophy engraved "CHAMPIONSHIP CUP/ FORT RILEY POLO TOURNAMENT/ JULY 5-10/ 1909" and "INDIVIDUAL TROPHY/ WON BY;" an Adelphi Silver Plate Co., New York, New York trophy engraved "DCC/ Presented by/ LC Phipps/ Sept. 5th 1909" and "Won by/ Beverly F. Browne/ Cortlandt Parker/ R.E. DeRussey Hoyle/ Harvey D. Higley;" a Dominick & Haff, New York, New York trophy engraved "Fort Riley/ Championship/ June 23-30, 1910" and "Won by;" a Nost & DeLisser, Brooklyn, New York trophy, engraved "Fort Riley/ Handicap Tournament/ June 23-30, 1910" and "Won by;" a Gorham Mfg. Co. trophy, engraved "ROUND ROBIN CUP/ FORT RILEY POLO TOURNAMENT/ SEPT. 26-1911" and "WON BY/ Trent C. Parker;" and a Gorham Mfg. Co. trophy engraved "PHILIPPINE ISLANDS/ Polo Association/ SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP/ JANUARY 1915/ WON BY/ 2ND FIELD ARTILLERY."31.40 troy oz. total weightTallest trophy: H: 7.25 in., W: 6.5 in., D: 3.75 in.Provenance: Property from the Collection of Cortlandt and Nancy Knowles Parker, descendants of William Gray (a Salem merchant and Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts), Jonathan and Susannah Powell Mason, Patrick and Anna Powell Mason Grant, Morris Gray (President of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1914-24) and Flora Grant Gray, and Major-General Cortlandt and Elizabeth Gray Parker. Spanning multiple styles and periods across the categories of furniture, fine and decorative arts, the collection has been housed in the family home, Greenvale Farm Estate and Vineyard, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, for six generations. Boston China Trade merchant John Sargent Barstow purchased 53 acres of land on the Sakonnet River during the early 1860’s and hired the prominent Boston architect John Hubbard Sturgis to design the main house, stable and barn. The historic Stick style home with Gothic elements was constructed from 1864 to 1865 by Edmond Coggeshall of Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
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Dimensions
7.25 x 6.5 x 3.75 in
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Cortlandt Parker's Six Sterling Silver Trophies

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