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SPORT EQUIPMENT: PAIR OF BOWLING BALLS

c. 1905
Subcollections
Sport in Subiaco
Overview

A pair of wooden bowls for lawn bowling, lead weighted. Ivory dedication plaques inscribed "Subiaco Bowling Club, Maiden Trophy, won by J. Lake, Season 1904-5". Also ivory numbered plaques 1 and 2.

Historical information

Ball were won by J. Lake, Season 1904-5 at the Subiaco Bowling Club.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-43-1990.296a-b
Item type
Objects
Material
Wood
Inscriptions and markings

Maker's mark: Thomas Taylor, Glasgow. No.3 Bias Full British Lawn Bowling Association. ALC Propty Ltd, Melbourne, plus swan facing left inscribed "BA"

Keywords
LAKE, Joseph
Recreation - Games
Subiaco Bowling Club
Sport
Sporting Groups- Associations, Clubs And Societies (minus Football)
Awards
Year
c. 1905
Statement of significance

Social - bowls used for recreational lawn bowling and competitions at the Subiaco Bowling Club.

Provenance: Rarity: Social: Historic:

Primary significance criteria
Historic significance
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
Last modified
Monday, 19 October, 2026
Completeness
94
Subiaco Museum

Subiaco Museum

FRONT
FRONT
MASTER
MASTER
REAR
REAR
a FRONT
a FRONT
a REAR
a REAR
b FRONT
b FRONT
b REAR
b REAR

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