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Antique sterling silver cattle trophy, the Scottish National “Fat Cow” award, presented in 1903.  The trophy was made by Walker & Hall of Sheffield, England in 1903 and presented in the same year.  The trophy is beautifully hand engraved with multiple scrolling designs and is presented on an ebonized wood base.

The trophy states:

Scottish National

Fat Stock Club Show,

for Best Fat Cow 14 1/2 cwts & upwards *

Won By

Thomas Watson.

Waverley 1903. Market. **

The trophy is 12 1/2” (31.8cm) high, 6” (15.2cm) diameter at the rim.

The base is 4” (10.2cm) high, 8 3/8” (21.3cm) diameter.

16 1/4” (41.3cm) total height.

739.7 grams total silver weight.

$7500.

* A “Fat Cow” refers to high fat production in dairy cows.  In Canada dairy organizations such as Holstein Canada and Jersey Canada sponsor high fat production awards.  The cwt is the centum or cental hundredweight, a unit of measurement used in Europe since the late Medieval era.  In North America a hundredweight is 100 pounds and in Great Britain it is 112 pounds.

** The Waverley Market was established in the 1870s in Edinburgh as a market for fruit, vegetables and flowers.  The location was developed into a shopping plaza in the 1980s and since 2021 has gone back to the original name; the Waverley Market.