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SPORT EQUIPMENT: PAIR OF BOWLLING BALLS

c. 1905
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
Material
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"

Year
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
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