Cricket bat
Shaw and Shrewsbury
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
leather & willow
Measurements
880 x 105 mm
Place of origin
Nottingham
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 288350.1
Summary
A set of cricket equipment including a) Full-sized cricket bat, handle bound and with a red rubber cover marked 'Jacques'. The back is stained; 'The Empire', and the front 'Shaw and Shrewsbury/Makers/Nottingham/England' and 'Spring Handle'. Inscribed '27/6'. Lower bat bound but broken.
Marks and inscriptions
27/6(inscribed large bat)
Makers and roles
Shaw and Shrewsbury, manufacturer