PBA Galleries

Hand-painted and glazed ceramic ware piece, with silver rim, illustrated from Charles Crombie’s famous Rules of Golf book, published circa 1905. With lettered sayings round the inside: All Fools are Not Knaves But All Knaves are Fools; Every Dog Has His Day and Every Man His Hour. Measurements: Top diameter 8¼"; bottom diameter approximately 6½" in diameter.

With Royal Doulton mark and series number D3395 on the bottom. The Royal Doulton Series Ware “was the idea of Charles J. Noke who joined Doulton in 1889…Series Ware was based on standard blank shapes of white china or earthenware which were decorated in different series…Various colors of glaze were used on Series Ware, the most common of which was the pale yellow or ivory. The designs were applied by the ‘print & tint’ method of transfer printing followed by hand coloring” – Olman & Olman, The Encyclopedia of Golf Collectibles, pp.195-6.