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Staub's Elite Skis

Accession Number

677.2008.1

Object Name

Staub's Elite Skis

Created

17/12/2008

Creator

Hermione Cooper

Accession Date

17/12/2008

Brief Description

Pair of Swiss 'Staub's Elite' wooden skis with brass edges. Bindings in poor condition but complete.

Materials

wood, metal, leather

Dimensions

215(l) cms At widest part 9.2(w) cms

Number Of Objects

1 pair

Inscription Description

Underneath tip "STAUB'S ELITE" with a shield below with a cross in it. Underneath the shield, oak leaves. Further down an ellipse with
"SELECTED BY LILLYWHITES" inside. "FOREIGN" on side of skis.

Colour

brown

Maker

Staub

Object Production Place

Switzerland

Provenance

A lovely pair of STAUB'S ELITE skis from Switzerland dating from the 1930's. These were the Rolls Royce of skis at that time with brass edges and originally with a Høyer Ellefsen binding which has now been changed and has deteriorated.
Remarkably, one of the skis has broken in half at one time and a barely visible repair has been done, the change in wood type/grain giving the game away.
Very few skis were actually made in the UK, so companies such as Lillywhites of London, as is the case with this pair, would import them from Switzerland, Norway, North America and Germany. Scottish retailers included Thorntons of Edinburgh and the wonderfully named Sportsman's Emporium in Glasgow.
We learn from the 1931 BritishSki Year Book that Herr Christian Rubi is the inventor of a new from of brass edges which can be fitted by Herr Ernst Gertsch of Wengen. Apparently the British Ski Team used them in the 1930 races and found them to have plenty of 'give'.

Acquisition Method

Part of collection passed on from Scottish Ski Club

Acquisition Date

01/12/2008

Condition

bindings in poor condition

Condition Check Date

28/04/2009

Rules

Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007

Modified

28/04/2009

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