1931 Polo Trophy Onwentsia Club Oak Brook / Boston Lighthouse Cocktail Shaker SP

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1931 Polo Trophy Onwentsia Club Oak Brook / Boston Lighthouse Cocktail Shaker SP:
$3500.00

One of a kind - 1931 Onwentsia Club Polo Trophy / Boston Lighthouse Cocktail Shaker
Trophy presented to Paul Butler\'s Oakbrook Polo Team on July 4, 1931. I believe this trophy was featured in the Cartier 1987 Polo in America Perspective held at the Cartier building in New York on June, 1987.
Rare and impressive silverplated cocktail shaker made by The International Silver Company of Meriden, Connecticut. This cocktail shaker is modeled as a replica of the famous Boston lighthouse built circa 1720, the first lighthouse to be built off the North American coast.
Cocktail Shaker - Model 340, 20 in tall, 5.7 lbs, 150 oz, silverplate, patented Jan 11, 1927, Meriden Silverplate Company/International Silver Company, No finial, 3 small dents, slight bending to railing, lid and strainer intact, finial and cork are missing. Picture is included to show a finial. I am told finials could be found if you wanted to replace. Please send messages if you have questions. Click on the links for more information.
Rare Cocktail Shakers
Lighthouse Cocktail Shakers in Movies
Inscription on the Polo Trophy:
Eugene Byfield Memorial Polo TournamentOnwentsia ClubLake Forrest, ILL.July 4, 1931won byOak Brook Polo ClubJuly 4, 1931E.A. Hillman, Jr. 1James A. Hannah. 2Paul Butler.3W.M. Blair.4
About Eugene Byfield:EUGENE BYFIELD
DIES OF INJURIES
Chicago Poloist Lay in Coma
130 Hours.
THE NEW YORK SUN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1930.
CHICAGO. Feb. 24 (A. P.).- Eugene
Byfield, sportsman and hotel
owner died early today of injuries
he suffered lastTuesday In a fall
from his polo pany.
Jeanne Chisholm\'s Gallery - Polo in America: The 1986-1987 Cartier Polo Retrospective
144). Trophy: Unique \"Lighthouse\" polo trophy awarded in 1931 at The Onwentsia Club in Lake Forest, Illinois. The competition was the Eugene Byfield Memorial Tournament, won by Paul Butler\'s Oakbrook Polo Club Team.
Oak Brook Polo Team as Listed on the Trophy
1. E.A. Hillman, Jr. - Edward E. Hillman, Jr - Chicago department store heir, married in 1933 to Marian Nixon, Hollywood actress.2. James A. Hannah - James A. Hannah - Chicagofounder and chairman of the board of Hannah Marine Corp.the largest operator of tugboats and barges on the Great Lakes.3. Paul Butler - Paul Butler - Chicago heir of Butler Paper Co., founder of Oak Brook, Ill, Butler Aviation, Chartered the Oak Brook Polo Club. He won six U.S. Open Polo Championships. Paul Butler picture at the celebration of the sixieth anniversary of the Oak Brook Polo Club, Courtesy The Butler Company, Dupage County History.4. W.M. Blair - William McCormick Blair - Chicago hardware and agricultural heir, of hardware and agricultural investments, William Blair & Company.