Super Bowl LIX This Sunday: Eagles vs Chiefs in New Orleans 🏈

Eagles vs Chiefs at Caesars Superdome on February 9. By Monday morning one team will hold the 58-year-old Vince Lombardi Trophy. Worth understanding why that 3.2kg sterling silver football still anchors every NFL ceremony.

Hand-Made by Tiffany Since 1967

Every Lombardi is hand-spun from a flat sheet of sterling silver — no casting, no plating, no shortcuts. Production takes about four months. The cost is a rounding error in NFL revenue, but the artisan process is the actual signal: this matters enough to make slowly. Consider that the next time you brief a perpetual trophy.

Sterling Develops Character

Unlike plated trophies, sterling silver develops a warm patina over decades that adds character rather than degrading. Each year Lombardi looks subtly older — and that aging is part of the prestige. For perpetual cups intended to last 20+ years, sterling silver or silver-plated bronze beats plated zinc every time.