“ANNUAL REGATTA,/New York Yacht Club,/1st..Class: JUNE 2nd..1859./Schooner Madgie.”

vegetable dish

Oval, 2-piece sterling silver trophy in form of lidded vegetable dish; running beaded edge and sculptured figure of a merman with shell shaped horn adorns the removable lid; inscribed “ANNUAL REGATTA,/New York Yacht Club,/1st..Class: JUNE 2nd..1859./Schooner Madgie.” Hallmark and inscribed on bottom of dish: “TIFFANY & CO./356/M ENGLISH STERLING M/925-1000/5611/330 BROADWAY”