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Description: LARGE COPPER BASE WITH ELONGATED COPPER CUP WITH WINGS. BASE IS HOLLOW WITH SLIGHTLY FLARED EDGE AT BASE. 10 BRASS SHIELDS ARE BOLTED AROUND SIDE OF BASE ONLY ONE IS WRITTEN ON AND READS "REG KESLER ROSE MARY ALTA 1951". ON INSIDE OF BASE IS A SMALL OVAL STAMPED WITH "L.G. BALFOUR CO. ATTLEBORO, MASS.". JUST BELOW IS STAMPED "107/12". BOLTED TO TOP OF BASE ARE FOUR ROBED FEMALE FIGURES 15.5CM HIGH. EACH IS HOLDING RIGHT ARM HIGH WITH A FIG BRANCH IN HER HAND. LARGE ELONGATED CUP WITH WINGS IS BOLTED TO CENTER OF BASE. CUP NARROWS AT TOP IN STRAIGHT NECK WITH LEAFWORK EDGE. SIDE OF CUP HAS LASSO ROPE AND COWBOY HAT WITH "BIRKS AWARD" ETCHED INTO CENTER OF LASSO. BENEATH IS "FOR ANNUAL COMPETITION" AND "CHAMPION ALL ROUND COWBOY EDMONTON RODEO 1951". WINGS ON SIDE OF CUP HAVE LOST SOME COPPER FINISH AS HAVE FEMALE FIGURES. HAS NUMEROUS SMALL SCRATCHES. COPPER FINISH HAS SLIGHT AMOUNTS OF OXIDIZATION. ONE LOOSE FEMALE FIGURINE.