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Whiting Sterling Silver Horse Flask with American Polo Association

Creator: Whiting Manufacturing Co.
Offered by: Nelson and Nelson Antiques

Description
Large Victorian sterling silver flask. Made by Whiting Manufacturing Company in New York, ca 1899. Tall bombe bowl with “stitched” and “braided” shoulders. Detachable cup and hinged and cork-lined cover. On front, etched fox hunt with an unseated rider beside horse and hounds. Help arrives in the person of top-hatted huntsman.

On back, acid-etched presentation in loose whiplash letters: “William A. Hazard / From / Laura P. Hazard / Christmas / 1899”.

William Ayrault Hazard was a founder of the American Polo Association and thinly-stretched clubman who, in his spare time, managed a railway and salt mine. His wife Laura (née Pelton) was a donor to the New York Public Library. It was a rarified milieu where the couple’s daughter made headlines as the “Latest Recruit from Society to Enter Trade” when she ventured to open a shop.

Fully marked including maker’s stamp and no. 2743. Very good condition.

Dimensions: H 10 3/4 x W 5 1/4 x D 2 1/4 in. Weight: 21 troy ounces. #CC392

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Period:	19th Century
Creation Date:	1899
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Victorian
Dealer Reference #:	CC392
Incollect Reference #:	827200

Dimensions

W.	5.25 in;	H.	10.75 in;	D.	2.25 in;
W.	13.34 cm;	H.	27.31 cm;	D.	5.72 cm;

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