1900 ccm trophy

Restored pic

if you ever to sell it, I would be interested

Sorry bicyclecollector I tend on keeping it for a long while, any information on it would be appreciated.

CCM didn't open the Weston facility until 1917, so it could be 1900-1916. You may be able to narrow down the range by doing some research into the coat of arms, which depicts seven provinces. Some quick research suggests circa 1905-1906, as PEI and Manitoba are included and were granted coats of arms in 1905. It doesn't include Alberta and Saskatchewan which were granted coats of arms in 1906 and 1907, respectively. The perplexing part is that BC is included but doesn't use the "setting sun" coat of arms granted in 1906. However, apparently there was some liberty taken with depictions of the Canadian coat of arms after 1905 and until 1921, when the an official revised coat of arms was adopted.

I find it curious that the cup does not mention  the name of the race. It also seems strange that the cup is engraved with "won by" but no victor's name or winners' crests on the base. My overall impression is that it was designed for a planned but yet to be named race that never took place. 

Wow that is some really good information T-mar, that was kinda what I leaning to by the won by engraving. The race that never happened. I’m gonna do some digging into the coat of arms now and find out more. I knew it was an interesting find when I stumbled upon it. Hopefully we can gather more information about it.

Nice Trophy Karl. Perhaps T-Mar's post provides a clue for a possible explanation, that a decision was made not to use it beause the coat of arms was out of date. Another possibility could be the dent - maybe it was knocked over and dented before it could be awarded?

Quite possible both those things could be true Brian. It adds to the mystery of 100 plus year old trophy. I’m surprised it survived all these years and that it is intact. I’m gonna make a nice base for it period correct.

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So today I visited the bicycle exhibit at the st lawarence market today. Really well done, with some really great pieces and bicycles from some of the members of this site. Well worth the $8.00 fee, plus it’s at the st lawerence market!. I discovered a picture of Queen City bicycle club racing team from 1899-1902, winners with the trophies. low and behold this same trophy is in the picture!!!. Finally I have a picture of what it originally would have looked like with its proper base. As well as the date of the trophy. A really great piece of history/ccm race history. I took a picture of the photo, not sure if it was allowed but nobody said anything to me so I assumed it was ok. I am now gonna turn a blank on the lathe to try and recreate what I see in the picture 

Please keep in mind that it is unlikley that the trophy was custom manufactured. It was probably a "stock" trophy that was available over a relatively long period and could be customized to an extent by applying different bases, emblems and engraving. So, finding a similar trophy would not necessarily tie it to a specific event or year. 

I think that with the coat of arms that the trophy has does help determine its age of being manufactured from 1900-1902, yes I think ccm probably made a bunch of them and distributed them to winning racers. I believe if they did continue to manufacture it, the coat of arms would have probably been updated according thoughtout the years with the   Coming and changing provinces up until the 1921 Canada coat of arms. The picture is a good beginning as it has the 2 trophys with the years 1899 and 1900. Until someone comes forward with another trophy or information I will regard it to be from 1900. Still really cool piece.

Simon, I also think your trophy is one of the best and rarest CCM collectible you can find and cool as hell.

I have been collecting 20+ years and I have yet to find one I could buy. You are very lucky to own it, and you should be proud of it.

Don't let anyone bring down on your enthusiasm.

Thanks bicycle collector, I’ve only been collecting for about 7 years. I have some regrets about bikes I’ve sold that shouldn’t have but I know now when to buy and what to sell. I’ve grown and I deffinently have come to appreciate all things ccm. I love the trophy very much.

I was going to add ...

On the very few trophies and plaques that I have seen from the era (1900-1930), that were actually awarded to the winner, it was not the trophy or the plaque that was engraved directly with the winner's name.

It was actually a little engraved plaque that was added to the wooden base with the winner's name.

What I noticed on your trophy is that, under the: "Won by", they didn't really leave enough space to engrave a name in as big, or bigger, a font than the "Won by" font.

So, the mystery of the actual name of the winner or the race might be forever gone with the original wooden base.

Max

On the group picture that you posted.

The 2 trophies that are identical to yours are noted as : C.C. & M. Co. 1899 and 1900. (you can see the description of each trophies at the bottom of the picture).

All the trophies are for races between 1899-1902 so the two C.C. & M. Co. trophies were probably awarded by CCM for  races that CCM had organised or maybe sponsored.

It all adds to the mystery/ mystique of the trophy. It is very hard to make out what the engraving looks like on the base.  I’m gonna try and do some photo playing to see if I can brighten it up. I agree with what you are saying about ccm probably organizing/sponsoring for sure.

The photo has another CCM connection, besides the trophies. The person on the left is William 'Doc' Morton.

So the stars aligned and I found the base for the trophy it's an exact fit and match. Thanks Brian R for the item listing.

Here it is attached together again for the final time after all these years.

Nice find.

Simonkarl-you should go buy a lottery ticket!

You said the trophy that came with the base when you got it wasn't correct. You know, it's possible that base was originally joined to your exact trophy. The fact it had a dent in it would easily explain why someone would remove it and mount a different trophy on top. Finding that base is remarkable - like finding a needle in a haystack. Congrats!!

Yes a chrome plated cast top was mounted to it, looks 70s to me. Someone used construction adhesive to attach it, luckily for me they did a shit job and I was able to remove it easily and without damage. It's crazy to think that maybe it could be the original base for it. Considering I got the trophy in Manitoba and the base in Peterborough only adds to the  mystery...