A silver figure of a footballer, hallmarked Birmingham, 1910, modelled as a standing footballer dressed in period kit & holding a button-end football,

A silver figure of a footballer, hallmarked Birmingham, 1910, modelled as a standing footballer dressed in period kit & holding a button-end football, set on a stepped plinth and square base, inscribed PRESENTED TO J.H. LOVE ESQ., BY THE OUTDOOR STAFF, DECEMBER 31ST 1910 J.H. Love was born at Oldham in 1876 and played for Rochdale, New Brighton & Trowbridge before becoming Fulham FC's first ever professional signing on the 12th December 1898, the day the club joined the ranks of the professional game. He later played for Liverpool but disappears from records shortly after.