A TG Mustang tennis racquet with ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with quatrefoil perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ribbon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Vinyl, Leather, Enamel, Adhesive tapetennis

A composite tennis racquet marked 'Revolution' with open throat, plastic butt cap and handle wrapped with leather grip tape. Model/Manufacturer's name printed on crown Materials: Adhesive tape, Ink, Vinyl, Plastic, Leathertennis

A Pretty tennis racquet with solid convex throat, and leather collars around cupper shaft and butt. Model name is impressed in cursive script across throat, on obverse. Materials: Wood, Gut, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leathertennis

A children's tennis racquet, featuring slightly lobbed head, solid convex throat, wood/cardboard laminated frame and shaft, and paper collar and end wrap. Materials: Wood, Twine, Paper, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Cardboardtennis

A Johnny Walker Mark V tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Plastic, String, Enameltennis

A black prototype tennis racquet, no maker or model markings. Adhesive label stating '9' on lower handle. Clear plastic vacuum sealed over handle. Materials: Metal composite, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Leathertennis

A Dunlop 'Blue Max' mid-size, split shaft tennis racquet, with black plastic bridge, and Prince brand netting. Materials: Leather, Adhesive tape, Synthetic material, Ink, Plastic, Metal, Graphite, Kevlar, Painttennis

A Prince 'Pro' split shaft oversize tennis racquet, with black plastic bridge, and Babolat 'ATP Tour' synthetic handle grip. Materials: Metal, Nylon, Synthetic material, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Ink, Synthetic materialtennis

A Prince 'Magnesium Pro' split shaft oversize tennis racquet, with black plastic bridge, and Prince 'Synthetic Gut' strings. Materials: Synthetic Gut, Metal composite, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Ink, Synthetic material, Leathertennis

A Prince 'Thunder Blast' oversize tennis racquet, with Prince 'Duraperf' synthetic handle grip, and Gamma 'Synthetic Gut 16' strings. Materials: Graphite, Composite Materials, Paint, Synthetic Gut, Ink, Synthetic material, Plastictennis

A Prince 'Precision Graphite' demonstration tennis racquet, with Prince 'Softzorb' synthetic handle grip, and Prince 'Synthetic Gut 17' strings. Materials: Graphite, Composite Materials, Paint, Ink, Plastic, Synthetic Gut, Synthetic materialtennis

Spalding Real tennis racquet. Animal hide stretched across head of racquet. Throat and handle are woven bamboo and plant fibre. Metal plate on throat is branded with Spalding logo. Materials: Wood, Bamboo, Hide, Metaltennis

A Peck & Snyder 'The Beckman' tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, cross-hatched handle, and, a wooden butt cap. Decals of model and maker feature across throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Ink, Guttennis

A wooden flat-top tennis racquet with solid concave throat, ribbon and cloth collar, and a leather handle grip extending up the whole length of the shaft. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, Cloth, Ribbontennis

A Frank Sugg transitional flat-top tennis racquet with solid convex throat, ivory inlay with manufacturer's details on throat, and fine-grooved octagonal handle. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, Ink, Ivorytennis

A Thornton 'The Monarch' Special tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, cloth tape reinforced shoulders with string whipping, and fine-grooved octagonal handle. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, Cloth tape, Inktennis

A William Read & Sons Inc wooden tennis racquet . Has solid convex throat and octagonal handle with fine grooves. Manufacturer name and trademark printed across throat. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Ink, Guttennis

Mark 77 brand tennis racquet. West German. Reinforced stringing across centre of net. Aluminium frame. Fluorescent cloth tape along top of head with words 'Fischer Besaitungstechnik'. Materials: Metal, Nylon, Cloth tapetennis

Mark 77 brand tennis racquet. West German. Reinforced stringing across centre of net. Aluminium frame. Fluorescent cloth tape along top of head with words 'Fischer Besaitungstechnik'. Materials: Metal, Nylon, Cloth tapetennis

A Grenvilles 'The Varsity' wooden tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, cloth tape reinforced shoulders with string whipping, and a slightly fantailed handle butt. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, String, Cloth tape, Inktennis

An H.H. Co. Multnomah tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and cloth tape wrapped around the lower half of the fine-grooved handle. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Leather, String, Ink, Cloth tapetennis

An unstrung Wright and Ditson transitional flat-top tennis racquet, with: solid, convex throat; and, cross-hatched handle. Inscription across throat on obverse: WRIGHT/& DITSON/BOSTON. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Paint, Inktennis

A Pretty tennis racquet with solid convex throat, and leather collars around upper shaft and (originally) butt. Model name is impressed in cursive script across throat, on obverse. Materials: Wood, Gut, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leathertennis

A Sportsply Royal Crown Dynacane Model tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and leather handle grip with patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Gut, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, String, Enamel, Adhesive tapetennis

A Jelinek World Ace Challenger tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and leather handle grip with arrowhead perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Vinyl, Adhesive tape, String, Painttennis

A Goodwin Trophy tennis racquet, with cloth tape reinforced shoulders, string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, String, Paint, Cloth tapetennis

A Wales Topspin tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and a leather handle grip with quatrefoil perforations. Materials: Wood, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Nylon, Enamel, String, Adhesive tape, Leather, Adhesive tapetennis

An unstrung L.T.R.P.C.A. "The Professional" tennis racquet, with slim shaft, ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle with arrowhead perforations. Materials: Wood, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Enamel, Leather, Cloth, Ribbon, Adhesive tapetennis

A Franklin CFT-880 tennis racquet, with fibre-reinforced open throat and split shaft, and leather handle grip with patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Fibre, Leather, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Nylontennis

A wooden tennis racquet with a laminated, convex throat, and fine grooved handle. Inscription across crown and throat, on obverse: OLYMPIC/F.J. BANCROFT/PAWTUCKET/R.I. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Inktennis