Manufacturer
BURLINGTON GLASS WORKS
Set of Glass Target Balls
Datec. 1870
DimensionsOverall: 6.5 cm
Credit LineGift of Mr. Gordon McLauchlan, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1971
Object number1971.009.001
Label TextAround the 1880s, London gun manufacturer John Gurd and Son began selling glass target balls like this. Customers could buy 300 for $4.25 or 100 for $1.50. They replaced live targets in response to conservationists’ outcry about declining bird populations in the 1870s.
NameTarget
BURLINGTON GLASS WORKS; UNKNOWN
