Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction March 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/29/2011
Fantastic 19th century hockey artifact is a circa 1880s-1890s wood stick used to play ice polo, an American precursor of ice hockey. This 37-inch long curved wood stick retains vintage tape jobs both on the handle and the blade, which has some small cracks and missing pieces showing at the toe. Manufactured by Wright & Ditson, this antique ice polo stick displays part of the company name imprint on the side of the shaft, which features rounded edges. The initials "F.M." are etched twice on the opposite side. A popular frozen pond game in the United States until ice hockey overtook it in the late 1800s, ice polo was played with a round ball and a much shorter stick. Sure to be of interest to a variety of hockey enthusiasts, this wonderful antique piece dates from the origins of the game.
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