Object Name:
Club, Golf
Other Name:
CLUB, METAL, WOOD SHAFT
Date:
ca. 1890
Description: Wood shaft, leather grip, iron blade with smooth face. Maker’s mark and shaft stamp.
Grip wraps repositioned. Whipping added.
Maker: AITKEN, A.
Material: wood, leather, iron
Dimension Details: Overall: 38 7/8″; grip: 11 1/2″; clubhead: 6 1/4 (hosel to toe); 3 7/8″ x 1 3/8″ x 7/8″ (blade)
Marks/Inscriptions:
LOFTING CLEEK by A. AITKEN, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, PERIOD 1890—95, 18F (on card attached to shaft). AITKEN, MAKER, CRAMOND B.G. (shaft stamp, in oval); AITKEN (in semi circle), flower stamp (marks on back of blade)
Additional Notes:
Cramond Brig shaft stamp. Marks on blade not found in reference books. Clubmaker for the Burgess Golfing Society.
Object ID:
GM 71