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.
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