Engraved Sunday Club, Golf Club Walking Stick
Engraved Sunday Club, Golf Club Walking Stick
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Gentleman's Golf Walking Stick, Sunday Club.
An exquisite walking cane with the handle in the shape of a golf club head. The gentleman's walking cane has a plated head finely engraved with fine scroll leaf, whipping and of a horn insert with screws. There is a white metal band with engraving, a space to put your initials and the remains of a makers mark 'Ltd'. It has a leather wrist band with a combination of a hickory and bamboo shaft with original brass and steel ferrule. It is a nice good quality golfing walking stick made by a skilled craftsman.
The ban on golfing on the Sabbath, Sunday, had the effect of the club makers producing walking sticks for canny golfers. They fashioned the canes with a golf club head as a handle and they became known as 'Sunday Clubs' or 'Sabbath sticks'. It is said that on the Sabbath a Sunday Club owner, when nobody was looking, could still enjoy a crafty putt or swing.
Dimensions:
1850-1899
Circa 1890's
Silver and wood. Silver unstamped
United Kingdom
The late John Hanna
John Hanna collection
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