Championing Champions
In our 155-year history, we are proud to have created accolades for many sporting achievements including golf. As we are based in Scotland, the international home of the sport, we have proudly crafted trophies for amateur games and professional championships including The Scottish Open, the Archerfield Ladies' Day Cup and the Carnegie Cup.
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The Scottish Open Trophy
The Scottish Open Trophy was handcrafted by our team in 2011, designed by then in-house designer Nicola Williams. Based on a traditional Scottish quaich, the hammered bowl is 30cm in diameter with a gilt interior, showing through a hand pierced stylised thistle designed lid.
Quaichs are the traditional Scottish symbol of welcome and hospitality, as whisky would have been traditionally drunk from the bowl while being passed from guest to guest.
The Scottish Open Trophy was handcrafted by our team in 2011, designed by then in-house designer Nicola Williams. Based on a traditional Scottish quaich, the hammered bowl is 30cm in diameter with a gilt interior, showing through a hand pierced stylised thistle designed lid.
Quaichs are the traditional Scottish symbol of welcome and hospitality, as whisky would have been traditionally drunk from the bowl while being passed from guest to guest.
The Member and Guest Trophy was commissioned for The Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle in 2014 to award the winning team of the club’s annual Member and Guest Golf Tournament. The tournament is played over two days at Carnegie Links Championship Course in a two-ball, better-ball format.
Played for in 2018, the NetJets Carnegie Cup tournament was a Europe versus USA Ryder Cup-style invitational event played over the Carnegie Links at Skibo Castle.
The Carnegie Cup was commissioned as the trophy for the winning team, along with individual medals that were awarded to all participants.
Speaking of the creation process, apprentice silversmith George Douglas said,
"We were briefed to create a trophy that captured the essence of the Carnegie Club. Crafted from sterling silver, we started with the staircase-inspired handles. They defined the design of the whole trophy. Once we had settled on the design and size of the handles, we created the gilded bowl and forged it on to the stem."
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The Muirfield Silver Golf Club
On March 7th 1744 the Edinburgh Town Council presented the first silver club for annual competition by 'The Gentleman Golfers' resulting in the formation of the Company of Edinburgh Golfers who now call Muirfield their home.
Every two years, a new Captain is selected, their name being added within a golf ball to the silver club. The club before you was handcrafted in sterling silver by Hamilton & Inches; the golf balls attached created, hand-engraved and attached by our team of silversmiths.
On March 7th 1744 the Edinburgh Town Council presented the first silver club for annual competition by 'The Gentleman Golfers' resulting in the formation of the Company of Edinburgh Golfers who now call Muirfield their home.
Every two years, a new Captain is selected, their name being added within a golf ball to the silver club. The club before you was handcrafted in sterling silver by Hamilton & Inches; the golf balls attached created, hand-engraved and attached by our team of silversmiths.
The Archerfield Ladies Day Trophy was crafted in our workshops in Sterling Silver. Designed to be classic and timeless, the inspiration for the trophy’s design came from a collection of hand-drawn sketches from the Hamilton & Inches archive.
The hand-planished bowl has elegant proportions and is held by two distinctive handles. It sits on a hand-chased knop in a golf ball and tee design and mounted on a mahogany base, turned on the wood lathe in-house.
The trophy has been hand-engraved with the Ladies Day and Archerfield Links logos. Winners’ names are placed on a Sterling Silver plinth band around the mahogany base.
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Scotland: The Home of Golf
The first historical record of golf in Scotland dates back to 15th century. Although banned between 1457 - 1502, it was popular with all walks of life including royalty.
King James IV was partial to a game, purchasing his first clubs in 1502 whilst Mary Queen of Scots played at the Musselburgh Old Links in 1672, the world's oldest existing golf club.
The first historical record of golf in Scotland dates back to 15th century. Although banned between 1457 - 1502, it was popular with all walks of life including royalty.
King James IV was partial to a game, purchasing his first clubs in 1502 whilst Mary Queen of Scots played at the Musselburgh Old Links in 1672, the world's oldest existing golf club.
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