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BRUCE LEE AWARD?

April 5 2007 at 5:34 AM
JR  (no login)

 
Got this email, doesn't sound like anything, but maybe someone here knows for sure:

Hello Katoman, I found your website and I thought I would tell you about a Bruce Lee item I have. I've had it for some time. It is a silver (or silver plated) cup (or goblet or chalice). It is shaped like a standard wine glass. On the outside wall of the cup there is an engraved design of a bengal tiger leaping. If you pick up the cup and turn it upside down to look under the base of it.. there is the manufacturer logo design or stamped logo in the middle.. which I have no idea what the manufacturer logo means... then just inside the curve of the bottom base.. there it is.. engraved.. the words.. the name.. BRUCE LEE 1966 - 6 - 6 This engraving is not from the manufacturer. It is an engraving that was added after the cup was made.. or after originally purchased. When I first got the cup, the engraving was old, it had little deposits of darkness or dust in the engraving.. but it was cleanable. When I first got the cup it needed cleaning. It was dark from being in storage or on a shelf for so long. I very delicately and carefully cleaned it, and I made a little showcase for it too. I am taking very good care of it.
The cup is shaped like a standard wine glass. It is about 5 inches tall. It has the slightly elongated shaped cup part on top...... the diameter of the the top rim is about 3 inches, then it has the stem.. then the round base... which is about 2 inches in diameter. The cup is not very thick silver... but it is metal.. and again I dont know if it is silver or silver plated. The inside of the cup looks goldish color, so it must be what they refer to as "goldwashed" inside of the cup. Looking closely at the cup, I notice that the rim where a person would drink from, is in my opinion too thin to drink from. I think a person could cut their lip or tongue drinking from this cup if not careful, which leads me to believe it could be an award or trophy awarded to Bruce Lee for some achievement or appreciation, not a cup to actually drink from, and if it was simply a decorative silver cup that Bruce had in his home with his name on it to show it was his property as some families sometimes do with silverware, then I wonder why the specific date of 1966 - 6 - 6
The oriental lady I originally purchased it from some time ago, she told me it was "something Bruce Lee got for an exhibition or competition... you know a long time ago.. when he was not so famous yet".
I have to agree with her unless I can confirm otherwise, Because it is not really a cup for drinking, which leads me to believe it is an award or trophy, and because it has a specific date on it, leads me to believe it is simply not a decorative cup Bruce Lee had in his home.
If you might know anything about such an item that Bruce Lee may have had, please let me know. I would appreciate any information you may have. I am very curious to learn more about this item. I have searched the internet and have not found anything like it anywhere yet. Whenever I have time.. I search and search. I have not taken a picture of it yet.. but I will do so later this week as soon as I have time to do so.. when I do, I can send you a picture or pictures of it, if you would like to see it. It is so very interesting to me. I really like it... but I have yet to know what it really is. For now, I have to agree with what the oriental lady told me about it, untill I can confirm otherwise.


Any thoughts ??

-JR

 
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  • I think - GH on Apr 5, 2007, 8:22 AM
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