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Trophy
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Trophy

PewtererMade by Woodbury Pewterers American, founded 1952
Date1961
MediumSheet pewter
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width including handles x depth): 2 x 11 1/16 x 9 1/4in. (5.1 x 28.1 x 23.5cm)
ClassificationsMetalware
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionPewter trophy dish with a flaring rim and undulating rim, undulating sides, and a 4 3/4-inch diameter well. The dish has a pair of handles, each consisting of a pair of arches; the interior side of each arch ends in a pair of berries. The center of the well has an applied boss with an undulating edge. The boss has the raised words "COUNTRY CLUB OF FAIRFIELD" above the image of a man golfing, above the date "1961" inside a banner. Above the boss is engraved "MIXED MEMBER-MEMBER". Below the boss is engraved "RUNNER-UP". There are two dents in the rim of the trophy dish, and several light scratches and smaller dents throughout.
Object number1986.126.1
MarkingsThe underside of the trophy dish has a mark of a shield with the letters "ATC" inside. Below the shield is, "TRINAC PEWTER/ 302".
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Mabel Johnson, 1953.2.0, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
    John Avery Jr.
    about 1780, case reworked in the late 19th century
    Chest with Drawers
    Unknown
    1680-1710
    Gift of Philip H. Hammerslough, 1961.72.0, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
    Thomas Hilldrup
    1775-1785
    The Connecticut Historical Society Museum collections, 1846.24.0  © 2008 The Connecticut Histor…
    Unknown
    1680-1710
    Gift of Mrs. Leverett Brainard, in memory of her husband and her husband's sister, Lucy A. Brai…
    Samuel Minott
    about 1770
    Profile of 1974.56.2.1-.3 and a fourth mug from the communion set, privately owned.
    Frederick Bassett
    made 1780-1785, dated 1776
    Gift of I. W. Stuart, 1950.380.0.2  Photograph by Gavin Ashworth.  © 2006 The Connecticut Histo…
    Edward Danforth
    about 1795-1800
    Caster
    Samuel Minott
    1764-1780
    1945.1.1434.1
    Unknown
    late 18th-early 19th century