A Wilson Club Champion tennis racquet. Wilson logo features across base of head. Model name features across throat. 'W' trademark features on lower shaft and butt cap. Leather handle grip features quatrefoil perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ribbon, Plastic, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Paint, Leather, Adhesive tapetennis

A Wilson Pointmaker tennis racquet. Wilson logo features across base of head. Model name features along length of shaft. 'W' trademark features on lower shaft and butt cap. Leather handle grip features floral perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ribbon, Plastic, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Paint, Vinyl, Adhesive tapetennis

A Wilson Set tennis racquet. Wilson logo features across base of head. Model name features along length of shaft. Red 'W' trademark features on lower shaft and butt cap. Leather handle grip features quatrefoil perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ribbon, Plastic, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Paint, Leather, Adhesive tapetennis

A Regent, Flight II tennis racquet. Regent logo features across the base of the head and plastic butt cap. Model name featuresalong the shaft. 'R' trademark features at base of shaft. Model details feature on the right side of the shaft. Materials: Wood, Nylon, String, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Ribbon, Ink, Plastic, Adhesive tapetennis

A wooden tennis racquet with cloth shoulder reinforcements, black whipping, and fine grooved handle. Inscription along throat on obverse: CHAMPION. 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, Cloth tapetennis

A Bancroft Billie Jean King Tournament tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders, and bamboo lamination. Bancroft logo features across base of head. Throat and shaft feature model name. Lower shaft and butt cap feature red 'B' trademark. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Ink, Plastic, Paint, Ribbon, Nylon, Bambootennis

A collection of 10 Spalding '"Pancho" Gonzales Autograph' tennis racquets, featuring: brown/black with gold, perforated leather handle grips; clear gut netting with red support strings; and ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft. Materials: Wood, Adhesive tape, Leather, Paint, Ink, Ribbon, Vinyl, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Plastic, Gut, Stringtennis

A Spalding '"Pancho" Gonzales Autograph' tennis racquet, featuring: brown/black with gold, perforated leather handle grips; Wilson 'Championship' nylon netting; ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft; and original plastic handle grip cover. Materials: Wood, Adhesive tape, Leather, Paint, Ink, Ribbon, Vinyl, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Nylon, Plastictennis

A collection of 17 Spalding '"Pancho" Gonzales Autograph' tennis racquets, featuring: brown/black with gold, perforated leather handle grips; clear gut netting with black support strings; and ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft. Materials: Wood, Adhesive tape, Leather, Paint, Ink, Ribbon, Vinyl, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Plastic, Gut, Stringtennis

A cup trophy, a racquet, two framed photographs, a magazine, and a mounted and framed cameo - all featuring or related to Alice Marble - mounted onto a burgundy velvet-lined board, in commemoration of the achievements of Alice Marble. Materials: Fibreboard, Velvet, Wood, Paint, Metal, Paper, Ink, Lacquer, Nylon, Photographic emulsion, Leather, Adhesive tape, Glue, Stonetennis

Dark copper, possibly lacquered, jug with lid and handle but no spout. Body has horizontal bead around centre and two vertical beads. Globular shaped body with cylindrical neck. Lid is domed and internally fitted with a small arched handle on top. Rounded pouring handle which has been reinforced, on side of the jug connected to the body and neck."Q" imprinted on handled.containers, domestic, container, jug, kitchen, oil?

The development of a fetus in utero is represented in eight stages. The papier mâché is painted in great detail and finely lacquered and coloured plated cord represents the umbilical cord. Each model has an internal and external view; a lid to the uterus can be lifted off. allowing an interior view. Parts on the models are numbered in black ink and correspond to a guide that accompanies the models.Black ink numberinfg

A wooden tennis racquet with a solid convex throat, and interesting rounded handle, composed of laminated multi-coloured pieces of wood, creating two vertical bars along the length on each face. Two names, possibly the same person in different marital states, have been scratched into the throat on each face. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leathertennis

A Zimmerman 'Nonpareil' tennis racquet with whipping around shoulders and also originally around shaft. Racquet has fine grooved octagonal handle. Model name and manufacturer's trademark feature across throat on reverse. Customised with name of individual; decal inscription on throat on obverse: IDA NAN/HARRINGTON. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, String, Inktennis

A Goldsmith 'Hermis' tennis racquet with elongated oval head and concave wedge throat. Decal of manufacturer on throat on obverse states: THE SPORTING GOODS WITH A GUARANTEE/TRADE/MARK/REG U.S. PATENT/GOLDSMITHS/HERMIS. Handle hand carved/customised. Has butt cloth and string whipping around shoulders Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, String, Ink, Guttennis

A Winchester 'Precision' tennis racquet with composite concave throat. String whipping and plastic reinforcements around shoulders. Octagonal handle with leather end wrap. Model name imprinted as decal across throat on obverse. Manufacturer name and slogan: 'AS GOOD AS THE GUN' printed as decal across throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Gut, Ink, String, Leather, Plastictennis

A wooden racquet. Inscription across neck and stem of obverse: DREADNOUGHT/DRIVER/.../LEE/POWER/MODEL. Inscription across neck and stem of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO/NEW YORK/DREADNOUGHT/DRIVER/.../CUSTOM BUILT. A partially illegible inscription, adhered to the side of the stem, reads: RHYTHMIC SWING/BALANCED. Materials: Wood, Leather, Plastic, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Painttennis

A wooden, slotted handle racquet, with a 13 1/2 inch head. Inscription along throat of obverse: CADILLAC. 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, Metal, Clothtennis

A wooden racquet, with a split open throat. Inscription across the base of the head of obverse: "RANGER". Inscription across the base of the head of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO. Company logo 'LEE' is stamped upon orange leather butt cap. Manufacturing details feature on left side of stem. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Leather, Metal, Gut, Stringtennis

A wooden racquet, with a split open throat. Inscription across the base of the head of obverse: "RANGER". Inscription across the base of the head of reverse: HARRY C. LEE & CO. Company logo 'LEE' is stamped upon orange leather butt cap. Manufacturing details feature on left side of stem. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Leather, Metal, Gut, Stringtennis

A wooden racquet with a 13 inch head. Inscription across throat of obverse reads: NARRAGANSETT/FORTY. Company trademark across throat of reverse: NARRAGANSETT MACHINE CO./NMCO/STANDARD/PROVIDENCE, R.I. U.S.A. Burgundy leather butt cap features same trademark, stamped in gold. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Leather, Metal, String, Gut, Plastictennis

A wooden racquet with black leather handle grip. Inscription, starting across base of head of obverse, and down the stem, reads: NARRAGANSETT/EIGHTY/NARRAGANSETT MACHINE CO./.../"LIVE-WOOD"/.../PAWTUCKET, R.I. Inscription across base of head on reverse: GOLD COAST. Company symbol features below on stem. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Leather, String, Guttennis

A wooden racquet with a concave throat, black whipping, and, a bulbous handle. Throat on obverse features decal inscription: DUCHESS. Throat on reverse features a decal of a crowned garter with the inscription: E. KENT. Inscription of manufacturer's details along left side of stem: MADE BY E. KENT/PAWTUCKET, R.I., U.S.A. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Gut, Ink, String, Painttennis

A Dayton Pilot tennis racquet, with a steel head and throat, and, wooden shaft and deep-grooved handle. Racquet strings made from piano wire. Racquet head stringing continues through into the fully opened throat. Decals of maker and model, with patents, feature on front, and right side of shaft. Materials: Wood, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Paint, Leather, Ink, Cordtennis

A Sykes National Special tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, string shoulder whipping, and fine-grooved handle. Model name features on throat on obverse, manufacturer's details on throat on reverse. Impressed initials E.A.M. feature along right side of handle. Manufacturer's details also on butt cover. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Ink, Leather, String, Guttennis

A wooden flat-top racquet with a convex throat. Inscription across throat and stem on obverse: THE OLYMPIC/GGB/BUSSEY & CO./LONDON/SOLE MAKERS/13 1/2. Racquet features leather end wrap, leather stem wrap (with gold ribbon around centre), and leather crown wrap. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Ribbontennis

A wooden racquet with a convex throat, and a cork inlaid handle. Inscription across the throat and stem of the obverse: DOUBLE/MAIN/1/GGB/BUSSEY'S/TENSIVE/GRIP. Inscription across right side of stem: GEO. G. BUSSEY & CO./LONDON. Inscription across left side of stem: HIGH TENSION. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, String, Leather, Corktennis

A wooden racquet with a dipped, concave throat, red whipping with parchment supports, and deep-grooved handle. No inscriptions feature on main body of racquet, however design is similar to the 'Demon Driver' model. Inscription, impressed in gold, on brown leather butt cap: WHEN NOT IN USE/GGB/KEEP IN PRESS. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, String, Parchment, Leathertennis

A wooden racquet with concave throat, plastic whipping, and leather handle grip. Decal across throat on obverse features the inscription: J.C. HIGGINS/WHIZ. Incorporated into the logo a speeding tennis ball design. Around the crown on the obverse is a decal with a partially legible inscription, possibly reading as PLY-FLEX. Materials: Wood, Gut, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Plastic, Inktennis

A wooden, transitional flat-top racquet with a laminated convex throat. Decal profile bust image across throat on obverse is of a male North American native. Inscription across right side of stem is largely lost, but originally read: THE BRIDGEPORT GUN IMPLEMENT CO./NEW YORK, U.S.A. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Leather, Metal, Ink, Glue, Lacquertennis