A German lawn tennis trophy 1907, A fine, impressive and heavy metallic cup with the domed cover embossed with acanthus leaves beneath a cone finial,
£300 - £500
A German lawn tennis trophy 1907, A fine, impressive and heavy metallic cup with the domed cover embossed with acanthus leaves beneath a cone finial, the slender partly reeded bowl with Robert Adam style swags and bows, on flared foot with square knop, engraved around the foot 'Carl Busch Hof Juwelier Hannover', c.1905, the inscription reads: HANNOVERA-POKAL GESTIFTET VON MITGLIEDERN DES DEUTSCHEN TENNIS-VEREIN HANNOVER/SIEGER 1907 [and 1908] DR LARSEN, KOPNHAGEN, height 60cm. Dr. Erik Ockenholt Larsen (born 23rd August 1880, Copenhagen), was a Danish tennis player who competed in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics and many of the European tournaments. He also competed at Wimbledon on four occasions, as well as Paris, Ireland and Hamburg. Larson won the title at the Danish championships from 1905 to 1908. In March 1913 Erik Larsen represented the Dansk Boldspil Union at the inaugural meeting in Paris of the ILTF. He died at Worthing in West Sussex, England, in 1964 aged 84 years.