1881 Yale award, Harvard-Yale Boat Race with lid

Title

1881 Yale award, Harvard-Yale Boat Race with lid

Date

1881

Creator

Made by Simpson, Hall & Miller - Wallingford Conn

Identifier

BMC_1069

Description

1881 side-1: decorated with vignette of eight, second side: inscribed “Yale Harvard Boat Race/ 1881/ Yale/ 22 m. 13 sec./ Harvard 22 m. 19 sec.” and the opposite side “Bow J.B. Collins Captain, No 2 P.C. Fuller, 3 F.W. Rogers, 4 N.T. Guernsey, 5 L.K. Hull, 6 G.B. Rogers, 7 C.B. Storrs, Stroke H.T. Folsom, Cox M.Y. Chung"

Type

Trophies

Place

Wallingford Conn

Extent

Silver plate in shape of large goblet with splayed base, and two pairs of crossed leg o’ mutton oars, the handles resting on the base and the blades attached to the bowl of the goblet, with twisted metal rope twined from base to oar shafts, and from oars to goblet bowl; ht. to lip 12.25”, with lid 17", rim dia. 4.75"

Subject

Yale; Harvard-Yale Boat Race; Simpson

Hall & Miller