Antique Scottish Sunday Golfing Walking Cane W/ Bovine Horn Putter & 14CT Gold

Antique Scottish Sunday Golfing Walking Cane W/ Bovine Horn Putter & 14CT Gold Plate​

This stick has a hand-carved bovine horn putter handle, which is furnished with a gold collar stamped:
'14 carat gold plate'

Cane shaft with an original metal ferrule.
 

'Sunday sticks were manufactured because of the ban on golfing on the Sabbath, Sunday. They fashioned the canes with a golf club head as a handle and they became known as 'Sunday Clubs' or 'Sabbath sticks'. It is said that on the Sabbath a Sunday Club owner, when nobody was looking, could still enjoy a crafty putt or swing.'

Measurements -
Length - 88cm
Length of the putter outwards - 7.2cm
Diameter of the shaft under the collar - 1.4cm
135g