10 x VERY RARE ANTIQUE CAST IRON LAWN CLOCK GOLF ROMAN NUMERAL MARKERS

WITH INTEGRATED SPIKES OR SPIGOTS

CIRCA 1890-1900

COMPLETE SET OF ROMAN NUMERALS NUMBERING - 1 TO NUMBER 10

7.5cm TALL

ORIGINAL PATINA

THESE NUMBERS WOULD HAVE BEEN USE IN A VICTORIAN / EDWARDIAN GARDEN GAME OF LAWN GOLF.

THE NUMERAL MARKERS WOULD HAVE BEEN SPACED OUT ON THE LAWN AND THEIR SPIKES TROD ONTO THE TURF, TO STOP THEM MOVING.

THEN THE GOLFERS ARMED WITH PUTTERS AND A BALL EACH WOULD TAKE IT IN TURNS TO TRY TO PUTT THE BALL OVER THE NUMBER ONE MARKER. ONCE THAT HAD BEEN ACHIEVED THEY COULD MOVE ONTO NUMBER TWO (ll) AND SO ON. THE WINNER WAS THE FIRST TO 10

A VERY SCARCE THING