Wimbledon Week Two: Venus Rosewater Dish in Focus 🎾

Women’s finals week at Wimbledon. The Venus Rosewater Dish — a 1.4kg sterling-silver salver, not a cup — is a reminder that perpetual awards do not have to take cup form. The right shape is the one your sport asks for.

Salver Photographs Differently Than a Cup

A salver is held flat in front of the body, like a tray — completely different ceremony body language from a cup lifted overhead. For sports where the winning moment is calm and graceful (tennis, golf, archery), a salver can read more elegantly than a cup. Cost is comparable: a 35cm sterling salver runs ฿18,000-25,000 in solid silver.

Engraved Center Holds 130 Names

The Venus Rosewater Dish carries every women’s singles champion since 1886 engraved in concentric circles on the bowl interior. A salver has more engraving surface than a cup of comparable size — useful for long-running events. For 50+ year perpetual awards, a salver lets you avoid running out of plinth space at year 25.