Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, Guttie Date: ca 1850 Description: This is a smooth faced, handmade gutta percha ball Maker: unknown Material: gutta percha Dimension Details: 1—5/8″ (diameter) Additional Notes: Smooth gutta percha balls were hand made and covered with three layers of paint. It was soon discovered that scuffed up balls flew…
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, Guttie Date: ca 1850 Description: hand hammered gutta percha golf ball in line mesh pattern Maker: unknown Material: gutta percha Dimension Details: 1—3/4″ (diameter) Object ID: B 20
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, Guttie Date: ca 1850 Description: hand hammered gutta percha golf ball in line mesh pattern Maker: unknown Material: gutta percha Dimension Details: 1—3/4″ (diameter) Marks/Inscriptions: 28 (on one side) Object ID: B 19
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, Guttie Date: ca 1850 Description: hand hammered gutta percha golf ball in line mesh pattern Maker: unknown Material: gutta percha Dimension Details: 1—3/4″ (diameter) Object ID: B 18
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, Guttie Date: ca 1850 Description: hand hammered gutta percha golf ball in line mesh pattern Maker: unknown Material: gutta percha Dimension Details: 1—3/4″ (diameter) Marks/Inscriptions: 28 (barely visible on one side) Object ID: B 17
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, guttie Date: ca 1850 Description: Hand hammered, gutta percha golf ball in mesh pattern, painted white. Unknown maker. Label text: Hand—hammered Gutta Percha ca 1850 / Unidentified maker / James Paterson, a missionary to India, is credited with inventing the gutta percha ball in 1848. Gutta percha is…
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, Guttie Date: ca 1896 Description: Gutta percha golf ball 27—1/2 made by Thornton and stamped with company name; line mesh pattern Maker: Thornton & Company, Ltd., Ediburgh, Scotland Material: cork, linoleum and gutta percha Dimension Details: 1—5/8″ (diameter) Marks/Inscriptions: PATENT / 27—1/2 / THORNTON (located twice on ball,…
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, guttie Date: ca 1850 Description: Hand hammered gutta percha golf ball made by Thomas Morris, mesh pattern, painted white. Letters and numbers in black. Label text: Hand—hammered Gutta Percha, ca 1850 / Made by Tom Morris Maker: Thomas Morris, St. Andrews, Scotland Material: gutta percha Dimension Details: 1—3/4″…
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, Guttie Date: ca 1890’s Year Range from: 1890 Year Range to: 1899 Description: Cestrian line mesh pattern golf ball made by Britannia Telegraph Works in Helsby, England. Maker: Telegraph Manufacturing Company; Helsby, England Material: gutta percha Dimension Details: 1—3/4″ (diameter) Marks/Inscriptions: CESTRIAN (on both sides) Additional Notes: Britannia…
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, guttie Date: ca 1902 Description: Stoughton rubber—core golf ball in bramble pattern. Painted white. Maker: Stoughton Rubber Company, Boston, Massachusetts Material: gutta percha Dimension Details: 1—3/4″ (diameter) Marks/Inscriptions: STOUGHTON (both sides) Object ID: B 86
