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Ogden Goelet and James Gordon Bennett Cup
Manufacturer:
Tiffany & Company
(American, 1907 - 1933)
Date: 1894
Medium: Silver
Dimensions:
24 3/4 × 13 1/2 in. (62.9 × 34.3 cm)
Overall, Rim: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
Base: 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm)
Classification: Decorative arts
Credit Line: Museum purchase, Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Decorative Arts Fund
Object number: 2005.6
Terms
- Oceans
- Waves
- Shell
- Neptune
- Trident
- Horns
- Silver
- Art Nouveau
- New York
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a silver yachting trophy vase. Design depicts crashing waves and gusting winds below Tritons that erupt from the surface, blasting their horns.
Exhibition History"Capturing the Cup: Yacht Racing During the Gilded Age," Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, Florida, October 16, 2012 - January 6, 2013.
Label textTiffany & Company
New York, New York
Ogden Goelet and James Gordon Bennett Cup, 1894
Silver
Yachting was serious business among late 19th-century tycoons. Created by Tiffany and Company, this trophy’s sinuous lines skillfully depict crashing waves and gusting winds below Tritons that erupt from the surface, triumphantly blasting their horns. Commissioned by two of America’s most accomplished yachtsmen at the time—Ogden Goelet (whose wealth came from Manhattan real estate) and James Gordon Bennett, Jr. (owner of the New York Herald)—the trophy went to the Scottish brewer Andrew Barclay Walker when he defeated the Prince of Wales in a race in 1895.
Museum Purchase, Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Decorative Arts Fund 2005.6
New York, New York
Ogden Goelet and James Gordon Bennett Cup, 1894
Silver
Yachting was serious business among late 19th-century tycoons. Created by Tiffany and Company, this trophy’s sinuous lines skillfully depict crashing waves and gusting winds below Tritons that erupt from the surface, triumphantly blasting their horns. Commissioned by two of America’s most accomplished yachtsmen at the time—Ogden Goelet (whose wealth came from Manhattan real estate) and James Gordon Bennett, Jr. (owner of the New York Herald)—the trophy went to the Scottish brewer Andrew Barclay Walker when he defeated the Prince of Wales in a race in 1895.
Museum Purchase, Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Decorative Arts Fund 2005.6
Published References
Christie's auction catalog, _Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver and Prints_ (New York, January 20-21, 2005), lot 75, 62-65.
Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 150, 155, fig. 198. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1