Lot 82: Large Sterling Silver Trophy Vase: Baltimore Horse Show 1904

Large Art Nouveau sterling silver vase, Bailey, Banks & Biddle, with trophy inscription for the 1904 Baltimore Horse Show. The 2-ft tall vase features a flaring trumpet style rim with undulating repousse floral and leafy stem decoration which repeats on the wide domed base, and a narrow tapering waist engraved in script:  BALTIMORE HORSE SHOW 1904 WON BY LORD AND LADY WOOTTON / FIRST BEST PAIR NOT EXCEEDING 15.02 / FIRST BEST PAIR AND APPOINTMENTS FOR GENTLEMAN’S PARK USE / SECOND TANDEMS/ SECOND LORD WOOTTON / RUNABOUT AND APPOINTMENTS  /SECOND LADY WOOTTON BEST HORSE NOT EXCEEDING 15.02 . Marked to underside for Bailey, Banks and Biddle, 925/1000 and numbered 3227. Height: 24 1/2 inches. Weight: 90.41 oz troy. 

PROVENANCE: The Entrekin Family Trust, the estate of Jane and Ervin Entrekin, Nashville, TN. 

CONDITION: Exterior: 4 small areas of solder repair to waist and a few scattered dents to base. Scattered scratches. Some persistent residue to interior, likely from floral putty.