$14,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer
Auction: June 19, 2019 11:00:00 AM EDT
The applied silver mounts modeled to depict Andromeda and undulating water serpent, the hinged lid etched with New York Yacht Club emblem and stylized inscription: "Won by 'Fortuna' Regatta N.Y.Y.C. 1886", with glass base, marked to underside.
H: 14 3/8 in.Provenance: Sotheby's New York, December 15, 1998, The Collection of Victor Niederhoffer.
On June 17, 1886, Fortuna, owned by H. S. Hovey of Boston, won in the class of Keel Schooners in the New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta. Fortuna won the New York Yacht Club's and the Eastern Yacht Club's coveted Goelet Cup the year before.