A glass window panel formerly situated in historic Old Golf Tavern at the Bruntsfield Links in Edinburgh, etched with crossed golf clubs and central b

A glass window panel formerly situated in historic Old Golf Tavern at the Bruntsfield Links in Edinburgh, etched with crossed golf clubs and central ball motif inscribed GT, the panel 89 by 61cm., 35 by 24in., laid down on a vinyl base, framed The first literary reference to golf being played over Bruntsfield Links dates to 1711, but its is highly probable that golf was played there a good deal earlier. It was also the home of the Royal Burgess Golfing Society from at least 1735 until they moved to Musselburgh in 1874. A little village grew up around the Links called 'Wright's Houses.' Number 30/31 Wrights Houses was the clubhouse of the Bruntsfield Links golfing club members from about 1788 until 1890. The building is still extant and is recognised as the oldest golf clubhouse in the world still standing. In the late 19th century it was renamed Ye Olde Golf Tavern, after the Bruntsfield Links club gave up their lease. An Edinburgh architect was appointed in 1899 to redesign and renovate the building. This window dates from that period and would have been installed in the early years of the 20th century. Still operating as a pub, the building was renovated again in modern times and the window was acquired as architectural salvage.