Three Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver Yachting Trophies, 1958 and 1964, including a pair of bowls after the ca. 1700 Joseph Conyer, Boston, original, h. 4", dia. 9", and a shallow circular dish, h. 1-3/4", dia. 12", all engraved with the burgee of the Texas Corinthian Yacht Club and presentation inscriptions from them to the 5.5 meter class "Sabre" and "Pride", owned by Ernest Bel Fay (1914-1986), 72.67 total t. oz. Provenance: Estate of Carolyn G. Fay, Houston, Texas. Ernest Bel Fay was born in New Orleans on July 26, 1914, the son of Marie Dorothy Bel and Charles Spencer Fay. In 1936, one week after graduating from Harvard, he married Carolyn Homoiselle Grant of Houston, where the couple settled. In 1938, Fay established, with his brother Albert Bel Fay (1913-1992), the Seabrook Shipyard, which built submarine chasers and rescue craft during World War II; that same year, they were also founding members of the Texas Corinthian Yacht Club at Galveston Bay. Fay would later become President of the John F. Grant Lumber Company and Vice-President of the Bel Oil Corp., but boat building and racing remained his passion. He first learned to sail with his brother in catboats and leaky 30-footers in Bay St. Louis, and had his skills refined during his college years at Boston. He was among the earliest U.S. sailors to become enthusiastic about the 5.5 meter class, his first being the Bill Luders (1909-1999) designed "Sabre". Completed in 1956, it would become an extremely successful all-around ship, winning numerous cups between 1958 and 1962, including the U.S. 5.5 Meter Championship three times: in 1958, 1960 and 1961. Following that success, Fay designed with Luders his next 5.5 meter, the "Pride", completed in 1961 and licensed in 1962; it is noted for having won both the Scandinavian Gold Cup and the King Olav Cup in 1966. Fay remained a noted and devoted yachtsman his entire life, dying at the helm on August 16, 1986.