Lot 3491

Description

Rydal & District A(gricultural). H(orticultural). & P(astoral). Association, Bessie Brown Cup, (1937), in EPNS (approx 25.7cm high including base), one side inscribed, 'Rydal & District/A.H.& P. Association/February 1937/Bessie Brown Cup/Greatest Aggregate In/Cookery And Preserves/Won by/Mrs H.Pike'. Handle loose at the top on one side, otherwise good very fine.

This event was the 17th Annual Show of the association. Mrs Pike's husband was Vice President and Treasurer of the association and one of the Trustees of the showground where the show was held. The association President, Mr A.J. Brown inaugurated the Bessie Brown Cup in about 1933 as a memorial to his sister, Miss Bessie Alice Brown, who died at the family home, 'The Poplars', at Meadow Flat in February 1930.