Awards have been used for motivation throughout history.
Awards and trophies have been used to mark outstanding victories since the ancient times. The English phrase trophy itself was derived from the French trophée in 1513, “a spoil or prize of war”, from Latin trophaeum which means ‘monument to victory’.
In ancient Greece, trophies themselves have been made on the battlefields of victorious battles from captured arms and standards, and had been hung upon a tree or a large stake made to resemble a warrior. These were usually inscribed with a narrative of the battle and dedicated to various gods. Trophies made for naval victories sometimes consisted of total ships (or what remained of them) laid out on the beach. To destroy a trophy was considered a sacrilege and an unforgivable crime.
The ancient Romans however stored their trophies a lot closer to home. They built magnificent trophies in Rome, including columns and arches atop nice foundations. Unfortunately most of the stone trophies that when adorned enormous stone memorials in Rome have been longsince stolen.
Moving on to the Middle Ages, chalices had been typically given to winners of sporting events at least as early as the very late 1600s. For instance the Kyp Cup (made by silversmith Jesse Kyp), a small two-handled sterling cup within the Henry Ford Museum, was given to the winner of a horse race between two cities in New England in about 1699. Chalices, particularly, are related to sporting events, and have been traditionally made in silver. Winners of horse races, and later boating and early car races, were the typical recipients of these trophies. The Davis Cup, Stanley Cup, and quite a few World Cups are all now famou cup-shaped sports trophies given to sports winners.
Today, trophies are a lot cheaper, and thus far more pervasive, due to mass-produced plastic trophies. In case you’re on the lookout for quality however, there are numerous specialist firms that cope with creating an intensive range of crystal awards and glass trophies and corporate awards.
Trophies can take the shape of two-dealt with cups, bowls, or mugs (all often engraved); statues of people, animals, and architecture while displaying phrases, numbers or images. Many alternative types are available, and it is utterly up to the client which fashion and design they prefer for their ceremony.
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