Word: workmanship
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which the various football teams of the Interscholastic League have been competing during the fall is completed and may be seen for a short time this morning in Leavitt and Peirce's window. The cup is an elegant piece of workmanship. It is of solid silver, lined with gold, weighs about eighty ounces, and will hold about two quarts. It is made in the shape of a half football. The engraving is especially noteworthy. Around the top of the cup is a wreath of laurel leaves twined together in an artistic manner. Beneath this is a plain band, on which...
...meeting was successful in every respect, for all the races were close and exciting. The prizes were: First, silver cup; second, gold medal; third, silver medal. The cups were of the best workmanship and very valuable. The Harvard team made a good showing, winning three second and one third prize, with six entries. Of the other college teams, Yale won two first and Princeton...
...oars won by Harvard in the voting contest in New York have been received at the boat-house. The oars were made by Donohuge of New York, and are of the best material and workmanship...
...some distance from the main excavations were brought to light a female head, the torso of a draped statue of a woman, and a tombstone very beautifully inscribed. The good workmanship exhibited by this gravestone, the admirable style of the bas-reliefs, the ancient manner of spelling exemplified in the inscription, makes it probable that these works belong to the period between the fourth century before and the second century after Christ. The three bas-reliefs mentioned above are interesting to the archaeologists. The first of these contains three figures, two standing and one sitting. They represent the scene...
...barge for the Yale 'Varsity crew is finished and will be used by the crew this week. The new boat cost three hundred and fifty dollars, and is of the finest workmanship...