ABERDEEN - A SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL JUNIOR GOLF MEDAL
EMSLIE & SUTHERLAND
Auction: Day 2: Thursday 21 August - Lots 297 - end
Description
Marked E&S, of circular outline, foliate border, engraved to the centre, “Aberdeen JUNIOR GOLF CLUB Established 10th November 1839", reverse engraved with Aberdeen city coat of arms, with bale and loop fitting, in later Jamieson & Carry display box
Dimensions
4.5cm diameter, 36g
Provenance
The Archie Baird Collection
Private Collection, Edinburgh
Footnote
This remarkably early medal survives from amongst the earliest times of golf in Aberdeenshire; it must therefore be one of the earliest medals to survive. It is also interesting to note that this medal would have been played for during the Feathery ball period and was being played by youths. The high expense of feathery balls makes youth playing far rarer than in later periods.