Of Historic Importance - The Berkeley Clubs - a unique, rare collection of 14 scare neck woods from 1840-1895 by prominent clubmakers, formerly belonging to the Berkeley Family at their Spetchley Park Estate, Worcestershire. The clubs were likely used by various members of the family as each club carries the initials RVB (Robert Valentine Berkeley) and RMB (Robert Martin Berkeley) impressed to each shaft below the grip. They are all contained in a bespoke wooden carrying case with an oval brass plate inscribed to Robert Berkeley, Spetchley, Worcester attached to the lid. The Berkeley family is an influential English family of the landed gentry dating back 850 years in which it has continually held its estates in Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. The family also owned a house in London in the early 1700s in an area named after them in Berkeley Square. THE CLUBS: 1. McEwan Longnose feather ball putter c1840 in light stained fruit wood - 38" long - head 5 ¾" x 1 ¾" x 1"; 2. McEwan Longnose Playclub c1850 in dark stained Thornwood with central leather face insert - 45" long - head 5 ?" x 1 ¾" x 1 ¼"; 3. McEwan Longnose Playclub c1860 in dark stained Beechwood - 45" long - head 5 ½" x 1 ?" x 1 ¼"; 4. Jamie Anderson Longnose Playclub c1865 in Golden Beechwood - 43" long - head 5 ½" x 1 ¾" x 1"; 5. George Forrester Longnose Short Spoon c1870 in Golden Beechwood - 42" long - head 5 ¼" x 1 ¾" x 1 ?"; 6. Robert Forgan Longnose Playclub c1885 in dark stained Beechwood - 43" long - head 5 ¼" x 1 ¾" x 1"; 7. Tom Morris Longnose Long Spoon c1885 in Golden Beechwood with full brass sole plate - 43" long - head 5" x 1?" x 1 ?"; 8. Douglas Rolland Longnose Brassie c1888 in Golden Beechwood - 42" long - head 5" x 1 ?" x 1 ?"; 9. Douglas Rolland Late longnose Brassie c1890 in Golden Beechwood with full brass sole plate - 42" long - head 4 ¾"x 1 ?"x 1 ?"; 10. David Brown Transitional Brassie c1891 in dark stained Beechwood; 11. David Brown Bulger Brassie c1893 in dark stained Beechwood; 13. James Braid Bulger Driver c1895 in Golden Beechwood; 14. Ben Sayers Late Transitional Driver c1894 in Golden Beechwood; 6 x various gutty golf balls contained in the carrying case compartment, including: P. Paxton English ball, Silvertown, Springvale Flyer