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RUSSIA
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RUSSIA
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,500 - €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
RUSSIA
A large silver-plated lidded bowl, 84 zolotniks (875 thousandths), with engraved and chiselled decoration featuring stylised, interlaced foliage; engraved in the centre with a dedication in French: ‘Prince Serge Galitzine Cannes Golf Club 1894 ’, surmounting a neo-Gothic arcade; the lid is decorated in the same style, whilst the handle features a gadrooned design with foliage motifs (the top element is missing). Some signs of wear and minor dents.
Saint Petersburg, circa 1890.
Silversmith: SAZIKOV, bearing the mark of Supplier to the Imperial Court and a medal from the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London featuring the profiles of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
H. 38 cm. Weight: 1199.37 g.
Provenance
Golf trophy presented to the winner, Prince Sergei Sergeyevich Golitsyn (1863–1923)
History
The Cannes Golf Club was founded in 1891 in Mandelieu-la-Napoule by Grand Duke Michel Mikhailovich of Russia (1861–1929), who had become passionate about golf following a stay in Scotland. It was the first golf club on the Côte d’Azur and is one of the oldest courses in France. From the very beginning, the club was frequented by the international winter visitors staying on the Riviera, bringing together English, Russian and members of the European aristocracy.
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