Tennis / Trophy - Lot 225

Tennis / Trophy Cercle Français Cup, Women’s Singles Championship, 1924–1929 800-thousandths silver trophy, a cup on a pedestal adorned with three balls and a racket in relief, soldered onto the base. Engraved with “La Coupe du Cercle Français, Women’s Singles Championship” and the names of the winners: Miss Germaine Ciselet (1924), Miss Marthe Vandromme (1927), and Miss Guillemette Everaerts (1928 and 1929). German hallmarks on the base: crescent moon and crown, 800 fineness mark, and goldsmith’s mark. Height: 16 cm; top diameter: 9 cm - Weight: 268 g A remarkable trophy, reflecting the rise of women’s tennis during the Roaring Twenties, in the wake of the great Suzanne Lenglen.