A Slazenger (UK) 'Nylon-Armoured Tennis Balls' box. Printed on front: '1950 LTA OFFICIAL BALL'. Contains all six original balls. Materials: Ink, Cardboard, Paper, Rubber, Wooltennis

A manual, hand-driven, ball-bearing lawn mower, with 16 inch blades. Mechanism and patent details feature on inside of wheels. Year of manufacture and blade length feature at sides of shield panel. Mower had U.S. patent issued 12 September, 1899. Materials: Metal, Rubbertennis

A cylindrical chamber with a handle, and rotating brush roller across the centre. Chamber has four legs mounted onto a wooden panel. Inscription across the handle side of machine: PATENT/J.OSMOND THORNHILL WORKS LEE LONDON. Materials: Wood, Metal, Hair, Painttennis

A Wilson ' Famous Player' Tennis Set, featuring the images of Jack Kramer, Maureen Connolly, and Tony Trabert on the lid. The contents within the set box are: a Wilson 'Famous Player Model' tennis racquet; a Wilson racquet press; a Wilson racquet cover; and, a can containing three Wilson 'Match-Point' tennis balls. Materials: Cardboard, Ink, Wood, Nylon, Paint, Lacquer, Glue, Leather, Cloth, Metal, String, Adhesive tape, Rubber, Felttennis

Painting: 'A Volley with Time' depicting a boy in overalls near a house surrounded by garden, hitting a ball with a racquet. Artist's signature at lower left: KEITH '77 and copyright symbol. Inscr: '93' written on back of panel in black marker. Materials: Acrylic paint/Pigment, Wood, Metaltennis

Edgeroy BP-1 ball press. Materials: Plastic, Metal, Adhesive labeltennis

A Spalding-branded box originally containing twelve Spalding 'Davis Cup ' tennis balls. Materials: Ink, Cardboardtennis

A circular metal cannister containing three tennis balls. Printed on cannister is image of Rod Laver, with inscription: ROD LAVER/TOURNAMENT/TENNIS BALLS. Autographed by Laver. Materials: Metal, Ink, Plastic, Rubber, Felttennis

A circular metal cannister, with image of Davis Cup trophy. Inscription: SPALDING/.../TENNIS/BALLS. Materials: Metal, Ink, Felttennis

Rectangular blue, white and black paper covered cardboard box containing four white tennis balls. Materials: Cardboard, Paper, Ink, Rubber, Felttennis

Demonstration panel for explaining how tennis balls are manufactured. Shows raw materials and components of tennis balls in downward sequence to a complete ball. No text. Materials: Felt, Rubber, Metal, Woodtennis

Print (reproduction) of a woman in fifteenth century costume swinging a baseball-like bat and throwing a white ball into the air. Title text states: 'JEU DE PALME/XIV E/SIECLE'. Materials: Paper, Ink, Cardboard, Wood, Metaltennis

An oil painting, by J.N. Stewart, depicting a male tennis player in action, running across court to receive the ball. Materials: Canvas/Cotton, Oil paint/Pigment, Wood, Lacquer, Metaltennis

Metal ornament in shape of crossed racquets, a ball and suitcase. Materials: Metaltennis

Cardboard box, originally packaging for men's hankerchiefs. Graphic on lid depicts a woman holding a racquet and ball, wearing clothing of ca. 1865 fashion. On underside of lid is a handwritten list (indecipherable). Box empty. Label on end of box indicates: BEST QUALITY/GENTS/PURE LINEN CAMBRIC HKFS/ 1 DOZ. Materials: Cardboard, Ink, Papertennis

'15-Love' game set. Contains a playing board, a scoring back, four die, our wooden player tokens and one wooden 'ball' token. Also contains an instructions pamphlet. Set complete. Materials: Cardboard, Paper, Ink, Glue, Woodtennis

'Fred Perry's Wimbledon' game. Contains four identical rules sheets, a wood ball, a dice, fourteen 'serve' cards, 45 stroke cards, a cardboard 'court' and a rules booklet. Complete set. Materials: Cardboard, Paper, Ink, Wood, Glue, Plastictennis

'Piladex or Hand Ball' game set with coloured lithograph on cover. Contains two balloons, and a thin rope divider weighted with wooden cubes. Also contains an instructions/rules pamphlet. Set appears complete. Materials: Cardboard, Ink, Rubber, Natural fibre, Woodtennis

'Winning Tennis'' board game. Complete according to Rules pamphlets: contains one 'ball' (flat disc), Server marker (flat square), two score boards, two 'courts' (double sided board), four miniature players, and four dice. Also contains two rules pamphlets and two instructions sheets. Materials: Cardboard, Paper, Ink, Plastic, Glue, Metaltennis

'Tennisette' set in box. Appears incomplete: contains two paddle, piece of rope, and 9 metal net support components. Missing original ball and net. Materials: Cardboard, Ink, Glue, Metal, Natural fibretennis

'Ting Tong Table Pole'Tennis' game. Made in Denmark. Contains two wood paddles, a wood pole and cloth tape as 'net' and two wood poles and bases to anchor net. 'Ball' is a large wooden bead held in a string pouch. Pouch attached by string to a wood rod which is to be place in holder at centre of net. Appears complete. Materials: Cardboard, Ink, Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Stringtennis

'Table Tennis' game. Appears complete: contains a woven 'net', two net supports, two wood paddles, and a plastic hollow ball. Also contains an instructions sheet. Three non-original metal clips contained in box. Made in Germany Materials: Cardboard, Paper, Ink, Plastic, Glue, Metal, Clothtennis

'Sidewalk Tennis' set. Contains two plastic paddles, net, a multicolored rope, a rubber ball, two net poles and bases and two wooden stakes. Appears complete, no instructions. Materials: Cardboard, Ink, Wood, Rubber, String, Natural fibre, Plastictennis

Sealed can of three Wilson (USA) tennis balls. Materials: Ink, Metal, Rubber, Felttennis

Sealed paper bag of three Wilson (USA) 'Championship' tennis balls. Materials: Ink, Paper, Rubber, Felttennis

Sealed can of three 'Matchpoint' Wilson (USA) tennis balls. Materials: Ink, Metal, Rubber, Felttennis

Sealed can of three 'Optic Yellow Championship' Wilson (USA) tennis balls. Has ring pull seal (intact) and plastic reclosure lid. Materials: Ink, Metal, Rubber, Synthetic material, Plastictennis

An empty Bussey's (UK) tennis balls box. Top of lid inscr:'BUSSEY'S/WORLD-FAMED/LAWN TENNIS/ABSOLUTELY THE BEST BALLS MADE'. Materials: Ink, Paper, Cardboard, Gluetennis

A Dunlop (UK) Wartime tennis balls box. Contains one Wilson 'Matchpoint' ball. Materials: Ink, Cardboard, Glue, Wool, Rubbertennis

Two part object (1) Metal ball cleaner. Consists of metal upper and lower circular sections, lined with strong bristle. Top has a handle for turning, and fits into a spingdle in the base. Upper section inscription states: 'PATENTAPPLIED FOR'. (2) Small piece detached from part 1. Materials: Wood, Natural fibre, Metal, Paint, Rubbertennis