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THE ASTOR CUP: A GEORGE I SILVER-GILT YACHTING TROPHY
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THE ASTOR CUP: A GEORGE I SILVER-GILT YACHTING TROPHY

LONDON, 1725, MARK OF ?N

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THE ASTOR CUP: A GEORGE I SILVER-GILT YACHTING TROPHY
LONDON, 1725, MARK OF ?N
Vase form, with scroll handles, the cover with knop finial, engraved Astor Cup for Schooners, given by Commodore Vincent Astor, New York Yacht Club, Won by Pleione, Newport, 25th August 1926, marked on side and on cover
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high; 70 oz. (2,192 gr.)

Note du spécialiste

Pleione was a 72-foot schooner designed by Herreshoff, of Bristol, Rhode Island and built in 1913. Her owner was Joseph Santry, of the Eastern Yacht Club of Marblehead.

On August 24, 1926, The New York Times reported on Pleione's victory in the Vice Commodore's cup for schooners, describing her as a "a very fast boat under the new schooner rig."