Miscellaneous
Lot 1798 SESSION 7 (11.30AM TUESDAY 31ST AUGUST) Miscellaneous
Estimate $150
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $90
BRASS MEASURING CUP FOR SHOT AND POWDER, with a handle and Powder Drams and Shot measuring gauge on the side; small brass trophy cup (35mm high), with two handles and on one side is affixed a NSW coat of arms in brass and enamel and at the base of this 'Souvr. From N.S.Wales', on the other side is inscribed, '18Ft Championship NSW.v Q/Challenge Cup/Presented By/Mark Foy Esq/1910-11/F.Coleman's./Pastime'. Very fine and unusual. (2)
Ex Barry McGown Scott Collection.
Pastime was an 18-foot yacht built by F.Coleman. Mark Foy was a major retailer in Sydney, along with his brother, when they established their Oxford Street, Sydney store in 1885 named in honour of their father, Mark Foy, also a retailer who died in 1884. Mark Foy was the founder and Commodore of the Sydney Flying Squadron Yacht Club. He also established the Hydro Majestic Hotel at Medlow Bath in New South Wales Blue Mountains.
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