Set of 4 wooden bowls - Petone Bowling Club Season 1899-1900 W.J Kirk winner of Singles Tournament

Title

Set of 4 wooden bowls - Petone Bowling Club Season 1899-1900 W.J Kirk winner of Singles Tournament

Subject

Bowling Ball

Description

4 Wooden Bowling balls 2 with silver scrolled edged discs with "Petone Bowling Club season 1899-1900 W J Kirk winner of Singles Tournament" . the small silver disc has engraved either a "1" or a "2".
2 bowls with bone/ Ivory inserts with "WJK "etched into the larger disc with dots under the letters one has 3 dots the other has 4

Creator

Thomas Taylor

Date

1899-1900 season

Identifier

2018-0125
2018-0125.1 bowl 1
2018-0125.2 bowl 2
2018-0125.3 bowl 3
2018-0125.4 bowl 4

Location

Tools of the Game - Wall of Bowls collection - 2018-0125.1
Tools of the Game - Wall of Bowls collection- storage - 2018-0125.2, 2018-0125.3, & 2018-0125.4

Materials

wood, metal(silver), bone/Ivory

Condition

Well used silver in large discs are badly marked. the small disc have been rub through to anchor pin on the underside of disc . at some point the small discs have fallen out of the 2 bone/ivory bowling balls as one has a piece of wood inserted and the other which is on the 4 dot bowl only has 3 dots

Notes

log #20160002

Files

2018-0125sm.jpg
2018-0125.a1asm.jpg
2018-0125.a1sm.jpg
2018-0125.b1bsm.jpg
2018-0125asm.jpg
2018-0125.b1sm.jpg
2018-0125bsm.jpg

Collection

Citation

Thomas Taylor, “Set of 4 wooden bowls - Petone Bowling Club Season 1899-1900 W.J Kirk winner of Singles Tournament,” TSB Bank Bowls New Zealand Museum, accessed May 15, 2024, https://tsbbankbowlsmuseum.omeka.net/items/show/2773.