ORIGINALLY THIS DISH WAS MADE IN FRANCE AND IT HAS BEEN COPIED FOR A FEW HUNDRED YEARS. IT IS CALLED THE VENUS ROSEWATER DISH AND THIS EDITION WAS THE FIRST PRICE FOR THE WIMBLEDON RIFLE ASSOCIATION, LEGEND HAS IT THAT THIS TROPHY WAS PRESENTED BY QUEEN VICTORIA. THIS DISH IS THE FORERUNNER FOR THE LADIES’ TENNIS TROPHY,
MADE BY: ELKINGTON & CO, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND IN 1886
