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lawn bowling trophy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact78950
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.5.3
- Description
- Embossed cup shaped trophy with handles on either side, mounted on a round, 15.3 cm diameter, wooden base. The overall height ofthe cup is 37.5 cm and overall width is 24.5 cm. This cup has been worked by hammering the surface designs from the inside rather than applying cast decoration. There are silver halmarks stamped on the underside of the cup inicating that the maker was Thamas Bradbury & Sons Ltd Company (1905 to 1943). On the front "PRESENTED TO/ BURNABY LAWN BOWLING CLUB/ BY/ A.E.S.WOOD/ 1923
- Object History
- Object originated with the Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club. The "A.E.S. Wood" presenting the trophy was Burnaby resident A.E.S. "Stan" Wood. The first lawn bowling green in Burnaby, located at Victory Street and Gray Avenue, was on his property.
- Reference
- http://www.silvercollection.it/ENGLABRADBURY.html
- http://www.silvercollection.it/electroplatesilverBtre.html
- Marks/Labels
- "PRESENTED TO/ BURNABY LAWN BOWLING CLUB/ BY/ A.E.S.WOOD/ 1923" engraved in a shield on the outside of the cup.
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