Object Name: Club, Golf
Other Name: CLUB, METAL, WOOD SHAFT
Date: ca 1880
Description: Sheepskin grip, no shaft stamp. Medium to light brown shaft. Metal blade with faint shaft stamp. Two piece blade with gunmetal head and steel socket.
Possible replacement shaft.
Possible replacement shaft.
Maker: BUSSEY & CO.
Dimension Details: Overall: 38—1/8″; grip: 11—1/4″; clubhead: 5—1/4 (toe to hosel), 3—7/8″ x 1—5/8″ x 1″
Marks/Inscriptions: LOFTING IRON by HUSSEY & Co., London England, PERIOD 1880, Donated by Miss Jean Campbell, St. Albans, England, 19I (on card tied to shaft) __SSEY & Co. ____STEEL SOCKET (partial maker’s mark on back of clubhead)
Additional Notes: Possible replacement shaft. Bussey and Co. sometimes stamped shafts with club name. Not present here.
Object ID: GM 219