Object Name: Club, Golf
Other Name: CLUB, WOOD, WOOD SHAFT, BRASS SOLE
Date: 1898—1900
Year Range from: 1898
Year Range to: 1900
Description: Leather grip, natural hickory shaft, wood clubhead with horn insert and brass sole plate. Scared neck, maker’s mark, backweight. Shaft stamp.
Varnish added to clubhead.
Maker: DUNN, WILLIE
Dimension Details: Overall: 44 3/4″; grip: 11 5/8″; clubhead: 3 3/4″ x 2 1/4″ x 1 3/8″
Marks/Inscriptions: BRASSIE by WILLIE DUNN, NEW YORK, C 1900, 22E (on card tied to shaft) WILLIE DUNN NEW YORK (maker’s mark) MADE BY THE CRAWFORD, McGREGOR & CANBY CO., DAYTON, OHIO (shaft stamp) 28 (additional shaft stamp at edge of grip)
Additional Notes:Dunn began making clubs in 1896 in New York. In 1897 he became a designer for B.G.I. and the same year with Crawford, MacGregor and Canby. Soon afterward, he worked briefly for Spalding. (all before 1900).
Object ID: GM 138