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Lot 144
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← Two Day Sale of Sporting Memorabilia 13th & 14th May 2013

'Parlour Golf' a late 19th century table golf game invented by Henry D. Booth, inscribed PARLOUR GOLF, PATENT APPLIED FOR, the circular hardwood table

Hammer Price:
£240
Estimated Price:

£300 - £500

'Parlour Golf' a late 19th century table golf game invented by Henry D. Booth, inscribed PARLOUR GOLF, PATENT APPLIED FOR, the circular hardwood table top revolving on a screw mechanism to be inverted, the underside forming a banded golf course with 16 holes, an underside drawer containing two wooden golf clubs (requires a small glass marble to play), and when not being played with, the table top can be reversed again for use as a regular table, height 61cm , 24in., sold with a modern glass top acquired by the current vendor to protect the playing surface Booth copyrighted his game at Stationer's office on 24th October 1895.