This is a great piece!  This statue is a wonderful study of an 1880s golf swing.  The bent left arm and the flying right elbow were normal back then.  Note also that the golfer uses what we call a baseball grip today, but he grips the club with his hands split apart.  And you thought that golfing in a suit jacket was the hard part! Speaking of which, the golfer provides a study in the attire worn by a male golfer in the lat 1800s, Jacket, cam, and spats over his boots.   

The auctioneer believe this statue is made with a hight silver content.  The shaft on the long nose clubs is bent a little, and a slim rod of high content silver can be quite bendable. There is not maker or sculptors name, nor is there a hallmark anywhere.  The wood base is covered with felt on the underside.  The auctioneer does not know that age of this object, but it appears to be older.  

The golf ball in the accompanying images is not part of this lot. It is included to show size perspective. 

This lot is in the accompanying group image.