Lot 130: [Tennis interest] An American silver coloured

[Tennis interest] An American silver coloured presentation bowl by Gorham Mfg. Co., no. A12125, the rim with oval beads, the sides lobed, engraved for winning the Mixed Doubles at Virginia Hot Springs Fall Tennis Tournament in 1925, 19.5cm (7.25in) diameter; and another presentation bowl, a 'Reproduction after Benjamin Hurd 1739-1781', the rim engraved for a Mixed Doubles championship, 25.5cm (10in), 836g (26.9 oz) gross The first engraved 'Virginia Hot Springs Golf and Tennis Club Fall Tennis Tournament 1925 Mixed Doubles Won By Elizabeth Ryan', the second 'Pacific Coast Tennis Championship 1933 Mixed Doubles'. Elizabeth Montague Ryan (1892-1979) was an American tennis player who was born in California but lived most of her life in the United Kingdom. Ryan won 30 Grand Slam titles, nineteen of which were in women's doubles and mixed doubles at Wimbledon, an all-time record for those two events. Although she reached the Wimbledon singles finals twice, Ryan never won the title, eight of her losses at Wimbledon were to players generally considered to be among the best ever. She died aged 87 on the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon, the day before Billie Jean King broke her record number of Wimbledon wins by winning her 20th title. Ryan was not eager to see the record broken, saying about King, 'That woman is trying to break my record.' When tennis writer and television commentator Bud Collins tried to arrange for Ryan and King to film an interview together at Wimbledon in 1979, Ryan refused.

The first fine, the second with a 3cm crease towards the rim in the bowl (maker not traced)