Object Name: Club, Golf
Other Name: CLUB, METAL, WOOD SHAFT
Date: 1900—1906
Year Range from: 1900
Year Range to: 1906
Description: Leather grip with tape added top and bottom. Natural finish shaft, metal blade with smooth face. Worn maker’s mark.
Shaft may be replacement.
Maker: BRIDGEPORT GUN IMPLEMENT CO.
Material: metal, wood, leather, tape
Dimension Details: Overall: 36 1/2″; grip: 12 1/4″; blade: 5 3/8″ (hosel to toe), 3 5/8″ x 1 3/8″ x 1″
Marks/Inscriptions: JIGGER by BRIDGEPORT GUN IMPLEMENT CO. Bridgeport, Conn. PERIOD 1902, Donated by Leonard Biles, Raritan, N.J., 3J (on card attached to shaft): oval containing BRIDGEPORT, TRADE, ARROW, B.G.I.C., MARK, CONN.U.S.A. (maker’s mark on blade)
Additional Notes: Shaft marks unreadable but it has too many character spaces to be BGIC.
Object ID: GM 105