Beaker by James Deakin & Sons, Sheffield, England, 1895. Height 35,5 cm. Weight 839 grams.
Beaker by Swenson & Luhr, Gothenburg 1897, with engraving GSS Audley Goslings Prize of Honour 5/8 1897. Height 36,5 cm. Weight 615 grams.
Minor wear.
Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1939–2022), widow of shipowner Dan-Axel Broström (1915–1976).
From the Collection of Heidi Boyce Broström (1943-2022) and Dan Axel Broström (1915-1976).
Dan Axel Broström was the third-generation ship-owner in the prestigious Broström Company group. When he took over the firm in 1949 they had 18 000 employees.
The Canadian model and geologist Heidi was Dan-Axel Broströms third wife, the couple lived at the fashionable Särö, a few miles south of Gothenburg.