Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, Guttie Date: ca 1850 Description: hand hammered gutta percha golf ball in line mesh pattern Maker: unknown Material: gutta percha Dimension Details: 1—3/4″ (diameter) Marks/Inscriptions: 28 (on one side) Object ID: B 19
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, Guttie Date: ca 1850 Description: hand hammered gutta percha golf ball in line mesh pattern Maker: unknown Material: gutta percha Dimension Details: 1—3/4″ (diameter) Object ID: B 18
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, Guttie Date: ca 1850 Description: hand hammered gutta percha golf ball in line mesh pattern Maker: unknown Material: gutta percha Dimension Details: 1—3/4″ (diameter) Marks/Inscriptions: 28 (barely visible on one side) Object ID: B 17
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, guttie Date: ca 1850 Description: Hand hammered, gutta percha golf ball in mesh pattern, painted white. Unknown maker. Label text: Hand—hammered Gutta Percha ca 1850 / Unidentified maker / James Paterson, a missionary to India, is credited with inventing the gutta percha ball in 1848. Gutta percha is…
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, feathery Date: ca 1840 Description: Label text: Feathery, ca 1840 / Unidentified maker / The feathery was invented in 1618 and consisted of stuffing wet bird feathers into a leather sphere. When sewn shut the feathers dried out and formed a rock—hard ball. They were not durable however,…
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, featherie Date: ca 1840 Description: Featherie golf ball. Label text: Feather Ball, ca 1840 Maker: unknown Material: feather, leather Dimension Details: 1—3/4″ (diameter) Object ID: B 117
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, feathery Date: ca 1800 Description: Label text: Feathery, ca 1800 / Unidentified maker Maker: unknown Material: feathers, leather Dimension Details: 1—3/4″ (diameter) Object ID: B 152
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, rubber—core Date: unknown Description: U.S. Royal rubber—core golf ball in dimple pattern. Maker: U.S. Royal (U.S. Rubber Co.), New York, New York Material: rubber Dimension Details: 1—5/8″ (diameter) Marks/Inscriptions: U.S. ROYAL (both sides) Object ID: B 46
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, rubber—core Date: ca 1950’s Year Range from: 1950 Year Range to: 1959 Description: U.S. Royal golf ball in dimple pattern. Maker: U.S. Royal (U.S. Rubber Co.), New York, New York Material: rubber Dimension Details: 1.68″ (diameter) Marks/Inscriptions: U.S. ROYAL / 4 (two sides) Object ID: B 198
Object Name: Ball, Golf Other Name: Ball, rubber—core Date: ca 1932 Description: U.S. Royal, Pro Royal golf ball in dimple pattern. The ball name is painted blue. Maker: U.S. Royal (U.S. Rubber Co.), New York, New York Material: rubber Dimension Details: 1—3/4″ (diameter) Marks/Inscriptions: PRO ROYAL (both sides) Object ID: B 42
