Set of 4 Taylor - Rolph wooden lawn bowls with leather carrier - "S"

Title

Set of 4 Taylor - Rolph wooden lawn bowls with leather carrier - "S"

Subject

Bowling Ball

Description

Bowls - wooden with bone/ivory inserts these disc have "S" engraved into them the larger has a fancy border the smaller has 2 lines around the edge. The Bowls are imprinted with Thomas - Rolph co ltd, London, set 85, bias 3, full, and 5 1/2 around the small disc there is a decorative band around the small disc at the edg of which is impressed "Imp brand".
Around the large disc is 2 rows of decoration . on the face of the bowl can just be seen an imprint of a testing stamp "Scottish Bowling Association"
carrier - brown square leather case with metal and leather handle on top with 2 belt straps on which the handle slides. has a metal locking mechanism

Creator

Taylor - Rolph

Identifier

2018-0104

Location

Tools of the game - Carrier collection

Materials

leather, metal, wood, bone/ivory

Condition

carrier - used tar like staining on the back some of the stitching is failing ,
Bowls- used scuffed up

Notes

log# 201200027
Bowls are with case

Files

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Collection

Citation

Taylor - Rolph, “Set of 4 Taylor - Rolph wooden lawn bowls with leather carrier - "S",” TSB Bank Bowls New Zealand Museum, accessed May 16, 2024, https://tsbbankbowlsmuseum.omeka.net/items/show/2752.