An Head 'Arthur Ashe Competition Edge' tennis racquet, with: graphite frame with open throat; grooved outer crown; plastic butt cap; and, leather handle grip over hard plastic shaft encasement. Manufacturer's name features across base of head. Model name features along left side of throat. Materials: Graphite, Plastic, Nylon, Leather, Adhesive tape, Inktennis

A badminton racquet with wooden head and handle, and metal shaft, reinforced with conical plastic tubes. Shoulders and shaft feature string whipping, and handle features rubber grip. Model logo and emblem feature on throat on obverse, whilst head photo image of Budge features on throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Nylon, Ink, Adhesive tape, Metal, Paint, Rubber, Plastic, Glue, Stringtennis

A badminton racquet with wooden head and handle, and metal shaft, reinforced with conical plastic tubes. Shoulders and shaft feature string whipping, and handle features rubber grip. Model logo and emblem feature on throat on obverse, whilst head photo image of Budge features on throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Nylon, Ink, Adhesive tape, Metal, Paint, Rubber, Plastic, Glue, Stringtennis

A badminton racquet with wooden head and handle, and metal shaft, reinforced with conical plastic tubes. Shoulders and shaft feature string whipping, and handle features rubber grip. Model logo and emblem feature on throat on obverse, whilst head photo image of Budge features on throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Nylon, Ink, Adhesive tape, Metal, Paint, Rubber, Plastic, Glue, Stringtennis

A Wilson Billie Jean King Autograph tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Throat features model name and heraldic shield with 'B/K' in centre. Base of shaft and butt cap feature 'W' trademark. Autograph by King features along throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Paint, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Ribbon, Hidetennis

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

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

A John Wanamaker Germantown tennis racquet, with laminated convex throat, and octagonal fine-grooved handle. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Ink, Painttennis

A Royal tennis racquet with open throat, oversized head, and vinyl handle grip. Made in Pakistan. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ribbon, Plastic, Vinyl, Paint, Inktennis

Children's tennis racquet with solid, convex throat, and fine grooved handle, flaring slightly at the butt. Materials: Wood, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Gut, Leather, Painttennis

A transitional flat-top wooden tennis racquet with a solid, convex throat, and, a grooved, slender octagonal handle. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Gut, Leather, Gluetennis

Green frog ornament. Frog is in upright position kneeling on one knee clutching throat with extended arms and upward facing with open mouth. Suspect it to be personal ashtray.ornaments, ceramics, frog, ornament, ashtray, open mouth.

Real tennis racquet. Velvet trim on throat and handle. String tassel tied onto shaft.Gut strings. Teardrop head. Materials: Gut, Wood, Velvet, Stringtennis

Wood tennis racquet branded Buckley & Nunn Melbourne. bare wood handle. Convex throat piece. Small oval head. Materials: Metal, Wood, Leathertennis

Wood tennis racquet branded Buckley & Nunn Melbourne. bare wood handle. Convex throat piece. Small oval head. Materials: Metal, Wood, Leathertennis

Simple funnel type drenching was used by dunking base into saucepan containing drench. Funnel was then held upright and current dosage was retained in the funnel. With the drenchers finger covering the filling opening the pointed end of the funnel was then placed sufficiently far into the sheeps mouth to release dose into throat.Drench funnel.

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 transitional flat top tennis racquet with a convex throat. Inscription across throat on obverse: ECLIPSE/TRADE MARK/HORSMAN/N.Y. Across the top of the head is a partly illegible inscription, which may spell 'SPECIAL'. Across the length of the side of the stem is the inscription: ORIENTAL/GUT. Ornamentally latticed cuts into the handle around all sides act as the grip. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Leather, 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

A wooden racquet with red and white plastic shoulder bands, red gut, and a grooved handle. Inscription across throat of obverse: ACE. Decal trademark featured across throat on reverse, comprising of an encircled racquet presented behind two ribbon devices. Inscription: C.L.GODFREY/THE PEAK/OF QUALITY/TRADE MARK/PAWTUCKET,/R.I. Materials: Wood, Gut, Plastic, Ink, Leather, Cloth, Metal, Glue, Lacquertennis

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 racquet painted from throat to handle, with brown leather handle grip, and white plastic butt cap. Decal inscription across base of head on obverse: SLAZENGER. Below on throat is a decal image of the Slazenger 'Black Panther' trademark. Along the left side of the stem is inscription: DEMON. Materials: Wood, Paint, Leather, Ink, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Ribbon, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Plastictennis

A wooden racquet with solid, convex throat, cloth tape, and parchment shoulder reinforcements, and deep grooved handle grip. Inscription across and along throat on obverse: DRIVA/WILLIAMS & CO. PARIS. Inscription across butt cover, in French: WILLIAMS & CO/1. RUE CAUMARTIN/PARIS/A GARDER SOUS PRESSE. Materials: Wood, Gut, Cloth tape, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Leather, Metal, Parchmenttennis

A Wilson 'Extra' metal tennis racquet, with double shaft, plastic throat bridge; plastic shaft casing ; and a handle wrapped in white grip tape. Cream plastic butt cap with featuring manufacturer's 'W' logo. Manufacturer name on throat bridge (both sides). Model name on outside edges of shaft pillars. Net sprayed with 'W' logo. Materials: Metal, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Painttennis

A Spalding Top-Flite model tennis racquet, featuring whipping around shoulders and shaft, an open throat, leather wrapped handle and leather end wrap & butt cloth. Plastic reinforcement around base of throat. Model name features across base of head, on obverse. Manufacturer name features across base of head on reverse. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Leather, Vinyl, Ink, Stringtennis

A Spalding 'Johnny Lamb' tennis racquet, with whipping around shoulders and shaft, and a plain leather handle grip. Model name features across throat on obverse; logo of the Valley Hunt Club features on throat on reverse. Latin American version of Spalding ball trademark features on shaft (i.e. MARCA REGISTRADA/SPALDING). Materials: Wood, Glue, Metal, Lacquer, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Paint, String, Ribbontennis

A Wright & Ditson 'Columbia' tennis racquet, with: bevelled crown; whipping around shoulders; and, mid-grooved handle. Model name features across throat on obverse. Manufacturer details feature along right side of shaft. Wright & Ditson Championship 'tennis player on ball' trademark features across throat on reverse, and on butt cover. Materials: Wood, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Leather, Gut, String, Painttennis

A Regent PTX-80 tennis racquet, with an open throat, and wood/fibreglass composite construction. Regent logo and model name feature along the throat. 'R' trademark features at base of shaft. Manufacturer's details feature on the right side of the shaft. Leather handle grip features triangular-patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Leather, String, Fibreglasstennis

A wooden tennis racquet with red and white string whipping, and a bald handle. Inscription across throat on obverse: TARTAR, accompanied by illustration of Mongol warrior. Inscription across throat, on reverse: F.J. BANCROFT/PAWTUCKET/R.I./... Accomapnying decal trademark comprises of an eagle grasping a tennis racquet, in front of the Globe, with motto: USED/THE WORLD OVER. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Stringtennis