Bowls, lawn - JR Hill NPBC President 1923/24
Title
Bowls, lawn - JR Hill NPBC President 1923/24
Subject
Bowling Ball - Lawn
Description
A string bag containing four wooden lawn bowls.
Each bowl has an ivory centre fringed by a border of ringed ornamentation on the wood. On one side of the bowl the ivory centre features an decorative arm holding a flag featuring a cross. This is fringed with a wavy pattern surrounded by a ringed border. The other side has a small ivory centre featuring numbers "1" to "4" on the consecutive bowls. Each number is surrounded by a wish-bone shaped engraving and bordered by a wavy and ringed border.
The string bag is knotted in to a fish-net pattern.
Each bowl has an ivory centre fringed by a border of ringed ornamentation on the wood. On one side of the bowl the ivory centre features an decorative arm holding a flag featuring a cross. This is fringed with a wavy pattern surrounded by a ringed border. The other side has a small ivory centre featuring numbers "1" to "4" on the consecutive bowls. Each number is surrounded by a wish-bone shaped engraving and bordered by a wavy and ringed border.
The string bag is knotted in to a fish-net pattern.
Identifier
2013-0196.5
Location
Tools of the game - Wall of Bowls - carriers collection
Physical Dimensions
Bowls 13cm diameter
Bag 13cm x 30cm when holding bowls. Height by width.
Bag 13cm x 30cm when holding bowls. Height by width.
Materials
Bowls, dark brown wood with ivory centreBag, string with shoe lace attached.
Condition
Fair
Cataloguer
Sue Page
Notes
log#201000068
Files
Collection
Citation
“Bowls, lawn - JR Hill NPBC President 1923/24,” TSB Bank Bowls New Zealand Museum, accessed May 17, 2024, https://tsbbankbowlsmuseum.omeka.net/items/show/181.