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Place of Origin: Scottish
Antique Sunday Club, Golf Club Walking Stick, Charles L. Millar, Glasgow
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Charles L. Millar golf walking stick, Glasgow.
A desirable walking cane with the handle in the shape of a diamond back golf club head made by Charles L. Millar, Glasgow. The...
Category
1910s Vintage Scottish Games
Materials
Metal, Brass
Collection of Three Antique Scottish Carpet Rug Balls, Late 19th Century
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Set of three scottish stoneware carpet rug balls.
Carpet balls in reds and green. A storied game dating back Centuries, Carpet Ball is similar to Bocci...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Scottish Games
Materials
Stoneware
Antique Golf Club, Original Long Nose, W. Park of Musselburgh
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Scared head golf club, driver, by Willie Park.
A well loved long nose golf club, driver, made by Willie Park of Musselburgh. The stained and polished beech-wood head in good conditi...
Category
1880s Antique Scottish Games
Materials
Beech
Antique Long Nose Golf Club, McEwan, Musselburg
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Long Nose Golf Club, McEwan Of Musselburgh.
A fine long nose golf club, spoon by McEwan of Musselburgh. This club has a wonderful and grac...
Category
1870s Antique Scottish Games
Materials
Hickory
Antique Bramble Pattern Golf Ball, the Colonel
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Bramble Pattern Golf Ball By St. Mungo.
A good example of 'The Colonel' bramble patterned rubber core golf ball with gutta percha cover. The golf ball is in good condition and is ma...
Category
1910s Vintage Scottish Games
Materials
Rubber
Scottish Lignum Vitae Carpet/Lawn Ball
Located in Pasadena, CA
This a good example of a 19th century Scottish Lignum Vitae carpet or lawn ball. Lignum Vitae is one of the hardest woods and has always been the wood of choice for carpet, lawn and ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Scottish Games
Materials
Iron
Original, Antique Golf Club, Robert Forgan of St Andrews
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique long nose, deep faced golf club, Robert Forgan, St Andrews.
A very good beechwood long nose deep face golf club, long spoon by Robert Forgan of St Andrews. This great lookin...
Category
1880s Antique Scottish Games
Materials
Beech, Hickory
Scottish Lignum Vitae Carpet/Lawn Ball II
Located in Pasadena, CA
This a good example of a 19th century Scottish Lignum vitae carpet or lawn ball. Lignum Vitae is one of the hardest woods and has always been the wood of choice for carpet, lawn and bocce balls. The ball is detailed with the inlaid engraved bone initials "SA" at one side and a bone circle a the other. The stand can be exchanged for a shorter stand.
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Scottish Games
Materials
Iron
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Antique Half Hull Ship Model. English Late 19th Century.
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful half hull model.
Laminated tropical hardwood and pitch pine
Original patina and a fantastic colour
Exceptional quality. I particularly like the finely carved mast.
The...
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Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Scottish Games
Materials
Wood
19th Century Bocce Balls, France, Set of Three
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th to early 20th century bocce balls, France, set of three
boxwood, iron and brass nails.
The first ball has the letters PP in brass, the second ha...
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Late 19th Century Folk Art Antique Scottish Games
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique Scottish Silver And Agate Brooch. Late 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Lovely piece of Scottish silver and agate
8 beautiful agate pieces arranged in a circular design
Finely engraved silver mounts
Good condition
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1880s Victorian Antique Scottish Games
Materials
Agate, Silver
Extraordinary Walking Stick Horn Handle Silver
Located in Berlin, DE
massiv horn handle
silver shaft
robust stick
(V-215).
Category
1920s Vintage Scottish Games
Materials
Horn
Antique Brass Folding Ruler. English, Late 19th Century
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Brass folding ruler.
Folds out to a maximum of 24 inches
Finely engraved numerals
Original patina
No makers mark
Category
Late 19th Century Antique Scottish Games
Materials
Brass
Antique Bavarian Hunting Antler Walking Stick, 1900s, Germany
Located in Biebergemund, Hessen
Unique Bavarian hunting walking cane from the early 20th century - the walking cane is handmade of blackthorn wood, featuring an engraved deer antler handle with silver chiselled col...
Category
1910s Rustic Vintage Scottish Games
Materials
Antler
Antique Faceted Carnelian and Silver Banded Walking Stick Cane
Located in Miami, FL
Antique Faceted Carnelian and Silver Banded Walking Stick
Offered for sale is an antique wooden walking stick with a carved and faceted carnelian to...
Category
Early 20th Century Scottish Games
Materials
Carnelian, Silver
Silver Golf Ball
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hallmarked Silver Golf Ball.
An unusual silver golf ball, made by Chantry Silversmiths with a filled center and hallmarked Sheffield 1995. The dimple ...
Category
20th Century Scottish Games
Materials
Silver
Cat Walking Stick
Located in Milan, IT
Shipped in an elegant signature gift box, this exquisite walking stick is characterized by a lavish sterling silver handgrip in the shape of a cat's head that was meticulously inlaid...
Category
2010s Scottish Games
Materials
Silver
Wooden Lawn Tennis Racket, Wonder
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Wooden Lawn Tennis Racket, WONDER
A nice ash frame lawn tennis racket with unusual long and narrow shape head, with convex walnut wedge. The wedge ...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Scottish Games
Materials
Ash
Vintage Golf Ball, the 'Why Not' Bramble Golf Ball.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
'WHY NOT' Bramble Golf Ball.
A bramble patterned rubber core golf ball manufactured by Henley's Telegraph Works Co., also known as the Henley's Tyre & Rubber Co. Ltd. London, England...
Category
1910s Late Victorian Vintage Scottish Games
Materials
Rubber
Antique Swedish Silver Walking Cane Stick 20th Century
Located in London, GB
A decorative Swedish silver handled walking cane with foliate engraving, a presentation inscription and impressed hallmarks and makers mark, Circa 1920 in date.
It has a very decorative silver handle with foliate ornamentation, made with great attention to detail, with a sturdy hardwood tapering shaft.
It is a lovely item and as such would be appreciated by any collector of walking sticks or canes.
Provenance:
From the estate of the late Barry Lock...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Vintage Scottish Games
Materials
Silver
Previously Available Items
Vintage Hickory Golf Club, Terrier Brand Putter
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Hickory Blade Head Putter.
A fine playable hickory shafted putter. The hickory shaft with polished leather grip, the club head is stamped with a 'Terrier' cleek mark and 'Terrier Regd. 17 Putter, Made in Scotland, Special, Rustless', J. Bird, Gt. Lever within an oval. The club head in great condition the face with punched dot face markings.
The measurements shown are the length of the shaft with hosel and the width and depth of the face.
A great golf club in good original condition and very usable for modern hickory play.
Joshua Bird was a British golf professional, Hoylake Ladies Golf Club 1896 - 1897, Moreton Ladies Wirral 1900 - 1901, Farnworth & District Golf Club, Bolton 1902 - 15, Breightmet Golf Club, Bolton 1915 - 21, Great Lever & Farnworth Golf Club, Bolton 1923 - 26.
The last image is a photo of Mr Hilton, amateur champion 1900-1901-1911-1913 at Great Lever and Farnworth Golf Club in 1902 (image taken from the Bolton News).
Farnworth & District Golf Club was founded in 1901, being a 9-hole course. The professional course record was held by Joshua Bird with a score of 39, he was the club professional from 1902 until 1915. The railway station at Plodder Lane was 10 minutes away.
In 1914 the club had a membership of 120 gents and 40 ladies and Sunday play was not allowed.
The clubs final appearance in the Golfer's Handbook was in 1922 when the professional, now William Coates, held the revised course record with a strange score of 46.
Following WW1 the club amalgamated with Great Lever, who also had their own 9-hole course, to form the Great Lever & Farnworth Golf Club.
From The Bolton news:-
Great Lever and Farnworth Golf Club was set up - in 1917 - but the two individual golf clubs had been started even earlier than this.
Great Lever Golf Club officially opened on April 8, 1911.
It had around 60 to 70 members at that time.
Farnworth Golf Club house officially opened for business on October 3, 1908.
At that time although women were welcome they were few and far between.
The traditional women's clothing of the time was fairly prohibitive in terms of most sports and that includes golf but over the years that has clearly become no problem at all and most clubs boast a strong ladies' section.
World War One arrived in 1914 bringing with it the lack of men and women to enjoy playing golf.
Men were off fighting in France and the women were doing their bit here in Bolton, taking care of their families and working jobs the men had left behind, where possible.
The last thing on their minds would be going out to play a game of golf and at this time membership at the Great Lever and Farnworth Golf Clubs dwindled.
Even when the Great War was over the membership had suffered such a depletion that something needed to be done about it.
It was agreed, at a meeting on February 21, 1917, that Great Lever Golf Club and nearby Farnworth Golf Club would amalgamate, explains Lady President Susan Lowe. It was at this point the golf club was named the Great Lever and Farnworth Golf Club, incorporating the two names and bringing together two memberships from nearby districts.
"Many years later a new golf club house was officially opened on September 22, 1995 with access from Plodder Lane," explains Susan.
This would now ensure both sets of members became one.
Taken from Breightmet Golf Club Website:-
In 1911 businessmen from the Red Bridge Dyeing Company and Messer's Twisses Dye Works got together with a Doctor, Lawyer and local Councillor to form the Club on farmland behind the Coach and Horses pub in Ainsworth.
At this time the Clubhouse was an Elizabethan farmhouse at Smithfold, which still exists today.
In 1914 the course moved to its present location on Red Lane...
Category
1920s Vintage Scottish Games
Materials
Iron
Vintage Hickory Golf Club, Spade Mashie, George Nicoll of Leven
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Hickory Golf Club, George Nicoll, Leven.
A fine and nicely weighted dot punched faced spade mashie by George Nicoll, Leven. The hickory shaft with polished leather grip, the club head is stamped with Nicoll's 'hand' cleek mark, 'Rustless, SPADE Mashie, hand forged in Scotland' and in an oval stamp Tom Wilson...
Category
1920s Vintage Scottish Games
Materials
Iron
Hickory Golf Club, Spalding Wryneck Putter
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Hickory Golf Club, Wry Neck Putter, Spalding.
A fine and nicely weighted line faced offset putter, wryneck putter by A.G. Spalding & Bros. ...
Category
1920s Vintage Scottish Games
Materials
Iron
Vintage Wooden Head Golf Club, Putter by Auchterlonie of St. Andrews
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Auchterlonie Putter, St Andrews.
A very nice socket head putter by Auchterlonie of St Andrews. The golf club has a lead weight to the rear, traditional horn slip along the leading edge of the sole, the polished wooden head stamped 'Auchterlonie', the original hickory shaft with suede leather grip.
This is a very nice example of a golf club from the 1900's in excellent condition.
Approximate head size:-
a = 7cm
b = 2.6cm
c = 4.4cm
Auchterlonie was a family firm in St Andrews making hand crafted wooden golf clubs...
Category
Early 1900s Antique Scottish Games
Materials
Beech
P D Malloch Patented "Sun and Planet" Fishing Reel.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
P D Malloch Patented "Sun and Planet" Fishing Reel.
A rare Malloch's of Perth patent Sun & Planet 3 ¾ inch geared salmon reel in a leather D case. The reel made with Bakelite back p...
Category
1910s Sporting Art Vintage Scottish Games
Materials
Brass
Vintage Golf Club, Wooden Head Putter by Charlie Hunter of Prestwick
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique scared head putter, Charlie Hunter.
A good long nose style putter by Charlie Hunter, Prestwick. The golf club has a lead weight to the rear, tr...
Category
1890s Antique Scottish Games
Materials
Beech
Original, Antique Golf Club, Willie Park Bent Neck Patent Putte
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Hickory Golf Club, Wry Neck Putter, Willie Park, St Andrews.
A fine and nicely weighted smooth faced offset putter by Willie Park of St. Andrews. Hickory shafted with leathe...
Category
1890s Antique Scottish Games
Materials
Steel
Vintage Golf Club, Special Maxwell Iron, Anderson St Andrews
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Playable Hickory Golf Club.
A good golf club, Maxwell Iron by J. Anderson of St Andrews. The Iron with a Maxwell design hosel, this is where the hosel is drilled with holes so the e...
Category
1920s Vintage Scottish Games
Materials
Iron
Set of 9 19th Century Scottish Carpet Balls
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Known to the Scots as “piggies”, this beautiful set of 19th century carpet balls were used in a game played on…carpet. Scottish homes would often have the...
Category
19th Century Other Antique Scottish Games
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Pair of Presentation Curling Stones
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Two presentation granite curling stones.
A fine pair of traditional grey granite curling stones with removable handles. The stone is most probably made from granite from Ailsa Craig...
Category
1880s Antique Scottish Games
Materials
Granite
Antique Hickory Shafted Golf Club by James Gourlay of Carnoustie
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique hickory shafted golf club by James Gourlay of Carnoustie.
A good playable James Gourlay Autograph hickory shafted mashie iron. The head with line face markings and the rear ...
Category
1920s Vintage Scottish Games
Materials
Hickory
Hickory Golf Club, No.3 Iron by Gibson of Kinghorn, Calcutta
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique hickory golf club by Gibson of Kinghorn.
A good no.3 iron made by Gibson of Kinghorn and retailed by Manton & Co. Calcutta. The club has the original hickory shaft stamped '...
Category
1920s Vintage Scottish Games
Materials
Hickory