3 Examples of indoor bowls used by the New Plymouth R.S.A

Title

3 Examples of indoor bowls used by the New Plymouth R.S.A

Subject

Indoor Bowls

Description

2018-0124.1 - brown dark speckled composite indoor bowling ball. Has a white insert on one side and impressed on the bowl is "Modernite" and "Made in N.Z"

2018-0124.2 - Brown with dark speckling composite indoor bowling ball. Has a white insert on one side and impressed on the bowl is "Modernite" and "Made in N.Z"

2018-0124.3 - Wooden indoor bowling ball the dark lacqurred coating has worn off in a band around the bowl , Has inserts on both sides the smaller one has "109" imprinted in black . Has Taylor Rolph co ltd Penshurst impressed around the smaller disc

Creator

2018-0124.1 & 2018-0124.2 - Modernite
2018-0124.3 - Taylor Rolph

Source

Found when cleaning out the Old New Plymouth Race Coarse Grand Stand which had been used by the R.S.A Indoor Bowls Club

Identifier

2018-0124
2018-0124.1 - Modernite dark
2018-0124.2 - Modernite light
2018-0124.3 - Taylor Rolph

Location

Indoor Bowls Collection

Materials

2018-0124.1 & 2018-0124.2 composite
2018-0124.3 wood

Condition

2018-0124.1 & 2018-0124.2 good used
2018-0124.3 has large split in the bowling face of the bowl

Notes

log#20160035

Files

2018-0124sm.jpg
2018-0124.1sm.jpg
2018-0124.2sm.jpg
2018-0124.3sm.jpg

Collection

Citation

2018-0124.1 & 2018-0124.2 - Modernite 2018-0124.3 - Taylor Rolph, “3 Examples of indoor bowls used by the New Plymouth R.S.A,” TSB Bank Bowls New Zealand Museum, accessed April 29, 2024, https://tsbbankbowlsmuseum.omeka.net/items/show/2772.