CIRCA 1880'S SPALDING RING "WILLOW" BASEBALL BAT L@@K

Description

OFFERED HERE IS A ANTIQUE AND VINTAGE CIRCA
1880'S SPALDING PAINTED RING BAT.
THIS IS A GORGEOUS BAT MADE BY SPALDING COMPANY IN THE 1880'S. THIS IS A VERY UNSUUAL AND RARE "WILLOW" BAT WHICH WERE MADE DURING THIS PERIOD AS KIND OF A BUNT BAT SO BALLS WOULD NOT GO FAR AND FOOL THE INFIELD. MADE OF WILLOW IT IS VERY LIGHT BUT EXACT DUPLICATION TO THE OAK BATS.
WILLOW BATS ARE AMONG THE RAREST TO FIND BECAUSE THEY MADE VERY FEW OF THEM. THIS IS A LARGE THICK BAT THAT MEASURES 35.25 INCHES LONG AND WEIGHS BETWEEN 28 AND 32 OZS. HARD TO GET CORECT WEIGHT ON MY OLD SCALE.
THIS IS A SPALDING HIGH END BAT WITH HAND PAINTED BLACK RINGS AND THE KNOB AND BARREL END WERE ALSO PAINTED. DIFFERENT. THE BAT MEASURES
34 INCHES LONG AND WEIGHS APPROX. 36 OZ ON MY OLD SCALE.
THE BAT WAS HAND MADE AS MENTIONED AND HAS LATHE MARKS ON EITHER END. NO MAKERS MARK ANYWHERE AND OBVIOUSLY HAND MADE. THE BAT CONDITION IS GORGEOUS WITH GORGEOUS PATINA.
NOT SURE OF EXACT AGE I WOULD GUESS 1870-1880'S BUT COULD BE AS LATE AS 1890'S.
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