Object Name: Club, Golf
Other Name: CLUB, METAL, WOOD SHAFT
Date: ca 1900
Description: Leather grip, natural wood shaft, aluminum clubhead with checkerboard lined face. Shaft stamp, maker’s mark on top and heel.
Maker: STANDARD GOLF CO.
Material: aluminum, wood, leather
Dimension Details: Overall: 37 3/8″; grip: 12 1/2″; clubhead:5 1/4″ (hosel to toe); 3 1/4″ (heel to toe) x 2 1/8″ ( height of face) 1 1/4″ (width of top)
Marks/Inscriptions: ALUMINUM NIBLIC (sic), MILLS PATENT by STANDARD GOLF CO. Sunderland, England, PERIOD 1900—10, Donated by Merrill Lord, Washington, D.C. 4K (on card attached to shaft); STANDARD GOLF CO. SHAFTED BY SUNDERLAND (shaft stamp); STANDARD GOLF, MILLS, 78523 PATENT SUNDERLAND (maker’s mark on top of clubhead); THE MILLS NIBLICK, N.K. MODEL, 10 YARDS, lie 3DRS. (sole stamps).
Additional Notes: Inventor of this club William Mills also invented the hand grenade, the Patent Instantaneous Engaging and Disengaging Gear for Ships and Boats and a telescopic walking stick seat. He supplied over 75 million grenades to the British and Allies during WWI and was knighted for his service in 1922.
Object ID: GM 106
