Golf Ball Collection

William St. Clair of Roslin, c1771, (1947). Creator: George Chalmers
William St. Clair of Roslin, c1771, (1947). Portrait of Scottish golfer and archer William St Clair of Roslin, 21st Baron of Roslin (died 1778)

Advertisement on the cover of The Manchester Golfer, British, May 1911

Grain trader Johan Eymer in front of the Corn Exchange in Amsterdam, 1774-1833. Creator: Jacob Smies
Grain trader Johan Eymer in front of the Corn Exchange in Amsterdam, 1774-1833. Johan Eymer (1757-1830) with games stick, pipe and wine glass

Portrait of a Boy with a Kolf Club, 1631. Creator: Wybrand Simonsz. de Geest the Elder
Portrait of a Boy with a Kolf Club, 1631. Other Title(s): Portrait of a Boy with a Golf Club

Mrs. R.L. Owen, Golf, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. R.L. Owen, Golf, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Mrs. R.L. Owen, Golf, 1917

Mrs. Ed.. playing golf, between 1913 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Mrs. Ed.. playing golf, between 1913 and 1917
Mrs. Ed.. playing golf, between 1913 and 1917

Golf, late 18th-early 19th century, (1941). Creator: Unknown
Golf, late 18th-early 19th century, (1941). A golfer takes aim. His caddy, wearing a tricorne hat, carries spare clubs. From " British Sport", by Eric Parker. [Collins, London, 1941]

William Innes, 1790. Creator: Valentine Green
William Innes, 1790. [To the Society of Goffers [sic] at Blackheath]

Lord Avebury Has Lately Taken To Golf, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Lord Avebury Has Lately Taken To Golf, 1901. From " The Harmsworth Magazine, Volume VI. February 1901-July 1901", by [Harmsworth Bros, Limited, London, 1901]

Ladies Golf Outfit by Jane Regny, pub. 1926 (colour lithograph)

Golf Balls for 1912, 1912, (1917). Artist: Bradbury, Woodcock & Co
Golf Balls for 1912, 1912, (1917). Image printed with Mander Brothers inks. From The British Printer Vol. XXIV. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1917]

Cock of the Green, 18th century. Artist: John Kay
Cock of the Green, 18th century. By the la Harry, This shall not go for Nothing. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century

Advertisement for Colonel golf balls, 1910. The advertisement shows various floater and non-floater balls made by the St Mungo Manufacturing Company of America

Selection of golf balls, late 19th- early 20th century. Artist: Spalding
Selection of golf balls, late 19th- early 20th century. Top row: Paragon 27 1/2; Eureka 27 1/2; Silvertowns; row 2: White Colonel; the Aero; Chemical Bob; row 3

Selection of golf balls in their packaging, mid 20th century. Artist: Wilson Sporting Goods
Selection of golf balls in their packaging, mid 20th century

Selection of wrapped golf balls, 20th century. Artist: Hutchison Main & Company
Selection of wrapped golf balls, 20th century. Top row: Hutchison Main & Company Hawk; rubber-core floater, 1907; Dunlop Lattice; row 2: Dunlop Warwick; Colonel; Dunlop Blue Flash; row 3

Trophies won by Hector Thomson, 1930s and 1940s. Hector Thomson was one of the best amateurs of his time. The trophies include a silver salver

Kro-Flite golf ball, 1922. Artist: Spalding
Kro-Flite golf ball, 1922. Spaldings most popular ball, the Kro-Flite, was made with a mesh surface in 1920, and a dimple pattern, originally developed by William Taylor in 1905, seen here in 1922

Meteor golf ball by Goodrich, patented 1899. Artist: Goodrich
Meteor golf ball by Goodrich, patented 1899

Eureka golf ball box, made by the Gutta Percha Co, London, c1898

Golf Balls, c1906. Artist: AG Spalding
Golf Balls, c1906. Left: Vardon Flyer golf balls, Silvertown, London. Mesh balls manufactured exclusively for AG Spalding in 1906. Middle: The Burnet Golf Ball Box of three

Spalding 50 golf ball, c1919. AG Spalding & Bros were one of the largest of all ball manufacturers and one of the first to obtain a licence to make rubber core balls. This one was brought out in 1919

Fairway golf ball and box, c1910s

Black Domino rubber-core golf balls made for the Spalding Co, 1908, with original box and guarantee slip

Perfect Colonel golf ball box, c1905 and Tommy Armour Golf Balls, c1932
Perfect Colonel golf ball box, c1905 and Tommy Armour Golf Balls, made by Worthington Ball Co, Elyna, Ohio, c1932. The US open in 1927, the PGA Open in 1930

Various golf ball boxes, early 20th century

W and D Bullet Mesh, Wright and Didson boxes of golf balls, c1900
W and D Bullet Mesh, Wright and Didson, a box for twelve balls and one for six balls and ball, c1900

Postcard with golfing theme, c1900s-c1910s

Colonel golf ball boxes, c1910

Sheet music cover, Follow Thru, American, 1928

D & W Auchterlonie, Golf Club and Ball makers, Scottish, c1900. The photograph is of W Auchterlonie, winner of the Open championship in 1893

Golf tees, mainly American, 1915-1930

Cover of The Irish Golfer, March 19, 1902

Business card for Alexander and Schneider Tailors, c1900

Tin of Colonel golf balls, c1909. St. Mungo made the first Colonel golf balls in 1909. This tin would have contained twelve balls

A1 Black Golf Ball, 1894. Artist: Gutta Percha Co
A1 Black Golf Ball, 1894. Marketing gimmicks were not unknown even in 1890s. The A1, which was produced by the Gutta Percha Co in London in 1894 was also sold in red

Fairway Golf Ball

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