Christmas Island Sailing Club Trophy Dated 1911 Presented To The Shipwrecked Crew Of Hokus Pokus By The Fleet Of New York Harbor

Product Details

Edwardian silver plate trophy with historical provenance.

Made by Meriden of Meriden, Connecticut.

11 1/2” (29.2cm) high, 8 1/4” (21cm) diameter, 12” (30.5cm) across the handles.

$2500.

The text on the trophy is as follows:   

Across the top band:

Presented To The Members Of The Christmas Island Club By John F. Baber Feb 17th 1911

Below the harbor scene:

The Fleet Of The New York Harbor And The Citizens Of Greater New York

Welcome The Shipwrecked Crew Of The Goodship Hokus Pokus

On Their Return From Christmas Island

Oct. 21st 1910

Across the central band:

Charter Members Of

Christmas Island Club

On the base in two columns:

Roy E. Bradley                           Samuel E. Lieth

Edmund A. Bruen                     Charles M. Mims

Arthur Camp                             Donald B. Oakley

Edwin G. Cheverton                 Wm. E. Prickett

Robert J. Danby                       Emory B. Remington

Harry R. Davenport                  Wm. V. Robinson

Ebenezer Deas                         Hal M. Thurber 

Austin Healy                             Wm. A. Trowbridge

Arthur A. Hinckley                    Lloyd R. Wasson

Conrad B. Kimball                    Wm. A. Wilson

John J. Korb                             Chas. R. Woodward

David D. Lee                             Theodore Sheldon

                          John F. Baber

                      Howard c. Raynor

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