Wooden object
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood and copper (?)
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937266.4
Summary
Three wooden items, components of croquet set 'The "Wimbledon"', by F.H.Ayres; [.1+.2] two turned wood pegs, each with wooden collar, one half painted gold, the other half painted white, one of the pegs is also fitted with a loose copper (?) collar; [.3] unpainted turned wood block, similar in size and shape to a mallet head but with a deep, hollowed-out groove running its the length.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).