A Wilson, Alice Marble Invincible tennis racquet. Base of head features decal of Wilson logo in banner device, in front of 'W' trademark. Shaft features decal illustration of Marble in action pose, receiving the ball. Leather handle grip features four-leaf clover perforations. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Adhesive tape, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, String, Painttennis

A wooden tennis racquet with string whipping around shoulders, plastic reinforcement shaft, and fine grooved handle. Decal across throat and base of head, on obverse features the model name: RED FLASH. Inscription across shaft on reverse: A/DUNLOP/PRODUCTION. 'D' trademark features on red butt cover. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Plastic, Ink, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A Tryon Ace tennis racquet with a concave throat, string whipping around shoulders, shaft, and top of handle (now lost), and a rare, cork handle. Model name ACE features across throat, accompanied by illustration of a bi-plane, on obverse. TRYON/PHILA. trademark features on throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Gut, Ink, Leather, Cloth, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, String, Corktennis

A wooden tennis racquet with solid, convex throat, and a slender, fine-grooved handle. Impressed inscription across and along throat on obverse: CHAMPION/E.H. SCHUTZE. Impressed inscription along throat on reverse: BERLIN.S.W.12. Impressed inscription along right side of handle: E.H. SCHUTZE. BERLIN./S.W. KOCHSTRASSE S5. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Ink, Guttennis

A wooden tennis racquet with solid, convex throat, cloth tape shoulder reinforcements, and a fine-grooved handle. Impressed inscription across throat on obverse, accompanied by impressed crown device: KING EDWARD. Impressed inscription on reverse: R. ALTSCHULER/MANNHEIM. Inscription along left side of shaft: JAQUES LONDON. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Ink, Gut, Cloth tapetennis

A Wright and Ditson 'Sears' tennis racquet, with: laminated convex throat; black-painted hide reinforcements around shoulders; and, fine-grooved, thick octagonal handle. Decal inscription across throat on obverse: SEARS. Wright & Ditson Championship logo, with tennis player on ball trademark feature on throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Paint, Ink, Leather, Gut, Stringtennis

A Spalding 'Nassau No.6' model tennis racquet, featuring concave throat & fine-grooved octagonal wooden handle. Has a leather end wrap and leather butt cloth. Manufacturer and model name printed on throat on obverse, and manufacturer logo printed on throat on reverse. Logo also printed on butt cloth. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Gut, Ink, String, Leathertennis

A Spalding 'Nassau No.6' model tennis racquet, featuring concave throat & fine-grooved octagonal wooden handle. Has a leather end wrap and leather butt cloth. Manufacturer and model name printed on throat on obverse, and manufacturer logo printed on throat on reverse. Logo also printed on butt cloth. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Gut, Ink, String, Leathertennis

A Spalding 'Nationalist B' tennis racquet with concave throat, bevelled crown, string whipping around shoulders, and smooth octagonal handle. Model name across throat on obverse. Spalding cursive signature trademark features along throat on reverse. Spalding ball trademark impressed in gold on butt cover. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Gut, Ink, Leather, String, Painttennis

A Wright & Ditson 'Columbia' tennis racquet, with: composite convex throat; bevelled crown; and, fine-grooved handle. Model name features across throat on obverse. WRIGHT & DITSON MAKERS/U.S.A. features along right side of shaft. Wright & Ditson Championship 'tennis player on ball' trademark features across throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Leather, Guttennis

A wooden tennis racquet with parchment shoulder reinforcements (around underside), black and red whipping, and a bald handle. Partially legible inscription along throat on obverse: THE/W[INNER] . Inscription across throat, on reverse: F.J. BANCROFT/PAWTUCKET/R.I. Manufacturing details also feature along left side of shaft. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, String, Parchmenttennis

An F.H. Ayres transitional flat-top tennis racquet, with solid, convex throat, fine-grooved handle; and leather end wrap and butt cover. Hand carved monograms: on obverse, CAM; and, on reverse GHC. Manufacturer's logo impressed along sides of shaft, on obverse. Racquet is housed within a Badminton set (TA 2009.287). Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Gut, Leathertennis

A lobbed headed racquet with solid convex throat, velvet collar, and fine-grooved smooth handle, with leather end wrap and butt cover. Inscription across crown, on obverse: [THE ALEXAND]RA. Inscription across throat on obverse: 14OZ 1/2 /FELTHAM/LONDON. Feltham 'fleur de lis' trademark features in between text. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Velvettennis

Racquet and racquet press. 'Masterpiece' moel racquet made by T.T.R. Co. Oval head, bare wood grooved handle. Leather cuff around butt. String whipping around shoulders. Multicoloured strings. Tape added around top of racquet head. Accompanied by a press by Slazengers London, wood frame with metal screws and wingnuts in each corner. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Metaltennis

Ipecacuan powder, or Dover's powder, was a common emetic used through the eighteenth and nineteenth century as a sudorific and prescribed for colds, coughs, insomnia, rheumatism, pleurisy, and dysentery. Gum arabic was often used as an additive to promote binding of other ingredients to a liquid medium. Likely gum arabic was not prescribed by itself even though there are some health benefits for doing so, such as slowing the rate of absorption of some drugs within the gut. Camphor was a stimulant, narcotic and sudorific and was administered in pill form which included part ipecacuanha and opium to non acute fevers and remedy chromic rheumatism, as part of a liquid mixture to treat violent headaches as well as rheumatism, or in a solid form stored in a small bag worn around a patient's neck as a preservative against infection. Lint was commonly used for medical dressings.The right one of two marching medium sized wood drawers. Each drawer features four sliding lids on their top face which has a corresponding paper label depending on its contents as well as a small semi-circle notch, these lids slide laterally in pairs for either direction. These drawers are found in the front storage location of the parent item and bellow a row of glass containers.Ipecacuan. Powder. Gum Arabic. Camphor. Lint.volum collection

A wooden, slotted handle racquet with a 14 inch head. Inscription across neck of obverse: DREADNOUGHT/DRIVER/... Inscription across neck of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Company monogram 'L&C' is stamped on leather butt cap. Manufacturing and patent information along the sides of the handle, with size and production numbers punched in. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Metal, Ink, Glue, Lacquertennis

A wooden, slotted handle racquet with a 14 inch head. Inscription across neck of obverse: DREADNOUGHT/DRIVER/... Inscription across neck of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Company logo 'LEE' is stamped on leather butt cap. Manufacturing and patent information along the sides of the handle, with size and production numbers punched in. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Metal, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Stringtennis

A wooden, slotted handle racquet. Inscription along neck and stem of obverse: BLUE RIBBON. Inscription across neck of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Inscriptions featuring manufacturing and patent details situated along the sides of the stem. Company logo 'LEE' printed on leather and cloth butt cap. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, String, Gut, Leather, Paint, Metal, Clothtennis

A wooden, open throat, slotted handle racquet, with a 13 1/2 inch head. Inscription along base of head of obverse: LAKEWOOD. Inscription across base of head of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Inscriptions featuring manufacturing and patent details situated along the sides of the stem. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, String, Gut, Leather, Paint, Metal, Clothtennis

A wooden, slotted handle racquet. Inscription across throat of obverse: VINCENT RICHARDS/GOOD SHOT! Inscription across throat of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK. Inscriptions featuring manufacturing and patent details situated along the sides of the stem. Company logo 'LEE' is stamped across leather butt cap. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, String, Gut, Leather, Metal, Plastictennis

A wooden racquet with a convex throat, and altered handle. Inscription across throat on obverse: 1920/SPECIAL. Red and yellow Reach 'baseball' trademark features on throat on reverse. Manufacturing details feature across right side of stem: A.J. REACH/MAKERS. Trademark is also stamped onto butt cap. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Paint, Leather, Cloth tape, Stringtennis

A wooden racquet with a concave throat and an octagonal handle. Throat on obverse features decal inscription: HARVARD. Throat on reverse features a decal of a crowned garter with the inscription: E. KENT. Company logo also features on blue butt cover, impress in gold. Handwritten inscription across handle on reverse reads: WILMA D. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Gut, Ink, Leather, Paint, Clothtennis

A wooden racquet with a split open throat, and long handle. The base of the head on the obverse features decal inscription: WOVEN-WOOD. The short stem on the reverse features a decal of a crowned garter with the inscription: E. KENT. Patent information across left side of stem. A hand poked, then inlaid inscription across the handle on obverse: CED. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Gut, Ink, Leather, Cloth, Stringtennis

'Slazengers' brand, 'Player' model wood tennis racquet. Flat or tilt top head. Leather taped grip. Black cloth tape wrapped around throat. Peeling green and white paint on throat and shaft. Purchased for $5 from Wagga Antique Centre, Fitzmaurice St, Wagga. Purchase date unknown, but probably between 1990 and 2005. Materials: Wood, Gut, Paint, Leather, Cloth tapetennis

An R.M. Co. (or M.R. Co.) West End flat top tennis racquet, with solid concave throat, and fine-grooved handle. Manufacturer and model details on throat on obverse, and seem to be a very early use of decal and laminated framing. Impressed inscription: ORIENTAL GUT, along right side of shaft implies silk was used for racquet strings. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Silk, Inktennis

An Horace Partridge Co., Wimbledon, American Tate Expert tennis racquet, with string whipping and hide reinforcements around shoulders, open throat, and fine-grooved octagonal handle. Decal of model name features across the lower head on obverse and reverse; decal of manufacturer, with partridge and rising sun trademark, across shaft on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Ink, Leather, Gut, String, Clothtennis

A wooden racquet with a concave throat, blue plastic shoulder and stem supports, white whipping, and grooved handle. Inscription along the throat on obverse: CONQUEROR. Manufacturer's mark, featured on throat on reverse, comprises of the letter 'M' at the centre of a circular, banded shield. Inscription: N.J. MAGNAN CORP./NORTH ATTLEBORO,MASS,U.S.A. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Leather, Cloth, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Plastictennis

A wooden flat-top racquet with a solid, convex throat, and fine-grooved, bulbous handle grip. Across the throat of the obverse is a decal of the model 'ASHBY' above the Bliss company trademark of a 'B' linked to an anchor, within a shield device. Around the crown on the obverse is the barely legible decal inscription, in blue: EXPERT. Initials etched into the butt: McN. Materials: Wood, Gut, Ink, Metal, Glue, Lacquertennis

A wooden, transitional flat-top racquet with a solid convex throat, and fine grooved handle. Manufacturer's mark stamped across throat on obverse, comprises of a hexagram with the text: BEST IS BEST/S&S/L/THRO' THE WORLD. Stamped model name along stem on obverse: THE RENSHAW. Stamped inscription across throat on reverse: BENETFINK/LONDON. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Metal, Glue, Lacquertennis

An oval racquet with an elongated head, red whipping, glazed, parchment-reinforced shoulders, and a fine-grooved handle grip. Inscription across crown on obverse: SLAZENGERS'. Inscription across throat on obverse: DOHERTY/SLAZENGERS/PATENT/STRINGING. Inscription along right side of handle: PATENTED/OCT. 12. 1915/SLAZENGERS' NEW YORK. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, String, Ink, Parchmenttennis