Lot 83
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AN IMPORTANT, EXTREMELY RARE AND DOCUMENTARY SCARED-HEAD SHORT SPOON
AN IMPORTANT, EXTREMELY RARE AND DOCUMENTARY SCARED-HEAD SHORT SPOON
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THE MCEWAN SHORT SPOON
AN IMPORTANT, EXTREMELY RARE AND DOCUMENTARY SCARED-HEAD SHORT SPOON

BY JAMES MCEWAN, CIRCA 1786

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AN IMPORTANT, EXTREMELY RARE AND DOCUMENTARY SCARED-HEAD SHORT SPOON
BY JAMES MCEWAN, CIRCA 1786
Stamped with his stamp and the thistle and written in ink in the sole in the hand of Douglas McEwan 'James McEwan 1786'
Provenance
The McEwan Family Collection.
Literature
Illustrated and discussed in 1896 Golf magazine article 'History of the McEwans'
C.B. Clapcott, Ancient Play Clubs, 1934, and in other books and articles
Exhibited
Glasgow International Exhibition 1901, 'amongst the rarest golf items displayed'

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Lot Essay

This extremely rare documented golf club by James McEwan, stamped with his name and below the emblem of Scotland, a thistle. This club is recorded as being in the possession of 'The present head of the family Douglas McEwan of Musselburgh' in an article published in Golf magazine in 1896 on the McEwan family and lists the old golf clubs in his possession of which no. 5 is described as a short spoon with apple head and ash shaft; stamped 'J. McEwan' with thistle above and written on the sole 'James McEwan, 1786'.

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