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Collin Quoiting Club Medal

Period:
20th Century
Description:

"To Collin Quoiting Club from Homer Young. 1907"

 

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries quoiting was popular amongst ordinary working people, and games were played in nearly every town and village in Scotland.  The equipment was simple, consisting of two quoits and a piece of ground.  The ground usually belonged to an inn keeper, who was only too pleased for the extra custom.

Place of Production:
Birmingham
Materials/Media:
silver
Dimensions:
length 75mm, width 49mm
Source:
Dumfries Museum & Camera Obscura
Accession number:
DUMFM:1996.18.5
Digital Number:
DMSW100a, DMSW100b
Creation Date:
1905
Copyright:
Dumfries & Galloway Council


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