Object Name: Club, Golf
Other Name: CLUB, WOOD, WOOD SHAFT
Date: ca. 1900
Description: One piece wood club with leather grip, backweight, horn insert and face insert. Natural color finish. Trademark and maker’s stamp.
Maker: BRIDGEPORT GUN IMPLEMENT CO. and J.D. DUNN
Material: wood, leather, horn, bone (?)
Dimension Details: Overall: 44 1/4″; grip: 12 1/8″; clubhead: 3 1/4″ x 2 1/4″ x 1 1/4″
Marks/Inscriptions: DRIVER by BRIDGEPORT GUN IMPLEMENT CO. Bridgeport, Conn. PERIOD 1900, Shaft and head are in one piece. Donated by Mrs. Richards, Portsmouth, Va.(on card attached to shaft); {J.D. DUNN lion mark of rampant lion over 6 circles), (left facing arrow) B.G.I.C. (right facing arrow) TRADE MARK {all on clubhead}; (left facing arrow) B.G.I.C. (right facing arrow) {shaft stamp}; 108 (on paper label affixed to shaft)
Additional Notes: One—piece wood patented 1894. One of first American club manufacturers. (Golf Antiques, 1992 by John Olman and Morton Olman)
Object ID: GM 55
