Postby dognose » Sun Jul 02, 2017 8:06 am
The Pairpoint Mfg. Co. Make a Fine Trophy
New Bedford, Mass., July 5.—The Pairpoint Mfg. Co. have had on exhibition in the corner window of William L. Kelley's jewelry store, an elegant prize cup which they have just completed for the Sioux Falls Fire Department for its Fourth of July contest. The piece is said to be one of the finest ever turned out at the Pairpoint works, being valued at S175. It stands 28 inches high from the table, on a circular ebony base, with fancy silver scroll inscription plate on its front. From this base rises the cup proper, acorn-shaped and having two horses’ heads projecting from the sides, with reins festooned across the front over a small projecting knob. The base has a plain burnished panel on which is engraved a hose reel. Around this panel is an engraved scroll also burnished.
The rest of the pitcher is of frosted silver ware. On the front of the body of the cup is a handsome emblematic group, consisting of ladder, boarding hooks, axe, trumpet, fireman's hat, bucket and lantern, with two shots of hose naturally festooned around and through it.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 8th July 1891
Trev.