A Highly Unusual Silver Bowl Mounted with Medals Primarily Relating

The medals mounted on this bowl primarily date from 1912-1913 and include the silver Putney Medal, awarded to members of the losing Oxford crew, an Oxford University Boat Club Challenge Prize Medal, and mens’ and ladies’ Henley Regatta Stewards’ Club medals, Pitman winning his medal in 1912 as part of the New College Oxford crew. Also mounted in the bowl is a medal relating to Pitman’s running-his mile medal from 1912. and his Eton College Steeplechase medal from 1911. An article in Morning Post, 11th of March 1911, records the results of the Eton College Steeplechases of that year, stating that Pitman had avoided what had been expected to have been a close contest ‘winning very easily’. An article in The Tatler, 22nd of January 1913, discussed the upcoming boat race and the fact that Pitman was likely to be absent from the Oxford crew-he had rowed in the bow the previous year. The article states:

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