Object number
M.53.8
Title
Bat of Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley, circa 1890
Date
1890 - 1900
Creator
Production notes
Face: Shaw &/ Shrewsbury. Sports Co Ltd/ Makers/ Nottingham/ England (x2)
Treble Spring (x2)
Trade Mark/ Registered (with crest depicting a kangaroo and an emu supporting a cricket bat)
Britain's Best
Reverse: Arthur Shrewsbury (facsimile signature)
Autograph/ Specially Selected.
Toe: quartered and segmented circle stamped on toe.
Material
Size
Height: 88.3 cm
Weight: ??
Description
Spliced cane treble-sprung twined handle. Straight blade, indistinct swell. Maker's marks to blade. Multiple signatures on face and reverse of 19th and 20th century cricketers including Hon. Ivo Bligh, Lord Harris, England and Australian cricketers.
Display caption
Autographed on back by Bligh and numerous cricketers from the 19th and 20th centuries, including A.P.F Chapman and H. Larwood. Some, if not all signatures are repeated on face and back.
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