A TROPHY FROM THE FIRST TALL SHIPS RACE PRESENTED TO PED PEREIRA BY AUGA GOODSON, 1956

comprising a two-handled silver rose bowl with Birmingham hallmarks for 1934, with enamelled plaque of yacht racing and removable frog loosely mounted on an ebonised plinth with presentation plate inscribed The best performance by a boat built before 1935 Bellatrix -- 11 x 13½in. (28 x 34.5cm.) including handle weight 1.56kgs; together with an autographed photograph of Pereira inscribed to Alan Villiers to the reverse, a Beken photograph of the Bellatrix and a copy of the souvenir magazine for the race

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Provenance: Alan Villiers and thence by descent

Condition Report

Good overall condition, wear to plinth.

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