Name/TitleWooden Bowling Balls

About this objectTwo wooden lawn bowling balls. The balls are made of lignum vitae ('wood of life', a dense hardwood) with a black varnished coating. On each ball there is a small disc of light brown casein (a by-product of milk and an early form of plastic). Lignum vitae bowls with casein were only produced between the mid 1920s and the 1930s.

MakerUnknown

Date Made1920-1930

Number in Series2

Medium and Materials lignum vitae ('wood of life', a dense hardwood)
a small disc of light brown casein (a by-product of milk and an early form of plastic).

Named CollectionCarroll Family Collection

Credit LineTo be acknowledged when on display

Object TypeSporting Equipment

Object numberTMA2021.00008.2

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