Accession Number

2005.016.016

Description

A silver trophy cup supported by three silver bamboo legs attached to a circular base, the cup's exterior surface with the raised decoration of two Chinese-style dragons facing an upside-down hearT-shaped cartouche bearing the inscription "KOWLOON CROQUET TOURNAMENT CHINA 1902".

Narrative

This trophy cup was awarded to either Guy Mortimer Audain or Sarah Byrd Audain (nee Dunsmuir) or possibly, to both of them. They were honeymooning in Hong Kong in 1902.   

History of Use

This trophy cup was awarded to either Guy Mortimer Audain or Sarah Byrd Audain (nee Dunsmuir) or possibly, to both of them while they were honeymooning in Hong Kong in 1902.  They brought it back to Victoria and used it at the Dunsmuir house Burleith on Victoria's Gorge Waterway and, later, at Ellora their house situated on Victoria's Foul Bay Road. It was later inherited by their son, James Guy Payne Audain, and later by his son, Michael James Audain, who donated it to Craigdarroch Castle in 2005.

Date

1902

Material

Metal, silver

Country of Origin

China