A commemorative shadowbox presentation produced for the Golf Collectors Society, designed to illustrate the chronological evolution of the sport’s essential equipment. The display is housed in a dark wood frame with a green felt lining and features an assortment of replica golf balls and club heads. The section titled The Development of the Ball contains replicas including a Crosse Ball (c.1420), a leather ball stuffed with cow hair (c.1600), a leather feather-stuffed ball (c.1860), a machined gutta ball (c.1890), and Haskell core-wound and gutta models from the early 20th century. The corresponding section, The Development of the Iron and the Wood, features an assortment of replica club heads including a wrought iron Crosse club (c.1420), a lead club (c.1600), a long-nosed beechwood driver (c.1860), a persimmon wood bulger head (c.1900), an iron putter (c.1910), and a wood driver (c.1930). The central panel displays the Golf Collectors Society logo alongside two small framed prints depicting historical golf scenes. Each item is accompanied by a cream-coloured printed label providing historical context and approximate dates.
21” x 13”.
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