20th Nov, 2020 15:45

The Sporting Medals & Trophies Auction

 
  Lot 1702
 

AN EDWARDIAN WELSH BOWLING ASSOCIATION PRESENTATION EPERGNE

EDWARDIAN WELSH BOWLING ASSOCIATION SILVER PLATED PRESENTATION EPERGNE,
with three trumpets issuing from one central open trumpet, on an open stem with tripod griffin supports, over a trefoil base with bun feet, the base with presentation inscription reading 'Welsh Bowling Association Pair Championship 1908 F.W. Thomas', maker Walker & Hall, 35cm high

Note: The Welsh Bowling Association (WBA) was formed in 1904, with three founding members; the Cardiff, Mackintosh and Pontypool Clubs. A Welsh newspaper article, dating from April of that year, records the election of Mr F.W. Thomas to represent the Mackintosh Bowling Club in the formation of the WBA. Mr F.W. Thomas, together with teammate W. Edwards, would go on to win the WBA’s Pairs Championship 1908 - for which this impressive epergne was awarded – in what would prove an especially strong year for the Mackintosh Bowling Club. The Evening Express and Evening Mail of 8 August 1908 describes how the Mackintosh club ‘have this year annexed all the Welsh Bowling Association championships’!

 

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