Collinge Antiques

Description

Fabulous 12 foot long trophy oar or ‘winning blade’ for Merton College’s victory in the 1951 Oxford University Eighths Week bumps competition. The blade is decorated with the College and boat club crests, the title ‘Head of The River’ (given to the winning team), the names and weights of the crew and the names of the three bumped crews Trinity, New College and Magdalen. Sold together with the oar is a pair of photographs of the crew in action on the river and sat with the trophy in their boat club colours, framed with a hand painted page also recording the details of the Merton First Eight crew.
Please contact us for more images, delivery and shipping quotes. Alternatively you are welcome to view and collect at our large warehouse showroom in Llandudno Junction, North Wales (approximately 45mins from Chester). We have a large and ever changing selection of genuine good quality antique furniture of all types and have twice been shortlisted for the Home and Antiques Magazine Antique Shop of the Year Award. 01492 580022.