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A Crescent tennis racquet, with cork inlaid handle grip. Possibly associated with the Crescent Athletic Club. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Leather, Ink, Cork, Gut, Stringtennis

An unstrung Peck and Snyder tennis racquet, with solid concave throat, beveled frame, and originally featuring a collar and end wrap. Small head size suggests this racquet was part of an early lawn tennis set. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metaltennis

A Peck and Snyder 'The Franklin', flat-top tennis racquet, with solid concave throat, fine-grooved handle, and rare wooden butt cap. Racquet used as a trophy. Silver plaque screwed into throat on obverse features engraved inscription: TOURNAMENT/THE/EDGEWOOD/CLUB./1885/SINGLES/WON BY/VALENTINE/G. HALL. Valentine Hall was a founder of the Edgewood Club, and went on to be a U.S. Doubles Champion in 1888 and 1890. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Ink, Guttennis

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

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

An 'Handicap' wooden tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, cloth tape shoulder reinforcements, and fine-grooved octagonal handle. Impressed inscription across throat on obverse: HANDICAP/SELECTED. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Ink, Gut, Leathertennis

An 'Handicap' wooden tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, leather crown protector, and fine-grooved rounded handle. Impressed inscription across throat on obverse: HANDICAP. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Nylon, Leathertennis

A Nassau Star tennis racquet, manufactured for New York Sporting Goods Co., featuring a solid convex throat, and cross-hatched handle. Decals of model and retailer feature across crown and throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, Inktennis

A rare collared tennis racquet with solid concave throat, fine-grooved rounded handle, small racquet head, fully leather end wrap and butt cover, and of course, a ribbon collar around shaft. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, Ribbontennis

An unmarked wooden tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, and fine-grooved octagonal handle. Most likely a part of a tennis set. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leathertennis

An unmarked wooden tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, cardboard crown protector,and fine-grooved octagonal handle. Most likely a part of a tennis set. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, Cardboardtennis

An unmarked wooden tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, string whipping around shoulders, and fine-grooved octagonal handle. Most likely a part of a tennis set. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, String, Painttennis

An unmarked wooden tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, and fine-grooved octagonal handle. Most likely a part of a tennis set. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leather, Painttennis

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 wooden flat-top tennis racquet with solid convex throat, bevelled frame, thin lamination between throat wedge and frame, leather collar, and a fine-grooved rounded handle. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leathertennis

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 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 Frank Sugg 'Court' tennis racquet with solid convex throat, and fine-grooved handle with fish-tail butt. Model and manufacturer's names impressed across the throat and along the shaft on the obverse, respectively. A circular cavity across the throat on the reverse may have contained a medallion featuring manufacturer's details, similar to the decal situated immediately below. It reads: RES[TR]UNG/FRANK SUGG LTD./LOR[D S]T. LIVERPO[OL]/S[H]EF[F]IE[L]D/.../C[ARD]IFF. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Inktennis

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 rare Wisden 'Crawford the Exceller' tennis racquet, with rare spliced throat, cloth tape shoulder reinforcements, and, a unique whipped, cricket bat shaped handle. Manufacturer's details impressed along shaft on obverse; model details impressed across throat on reverse. The initials E.W. impressed across throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Cloth tape, Inktennis

A J. Dowling transitional flat-top tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, and fine-grooved, slender octagonal handle. Initials 'HR' carved into butt. Manufacturer's details impressed along shaft on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Guttennis

A Merigold Brothers 'Eton' tennis racquet, with cloth tape reinforced shoulders, and a tapered handle. Model name is impressed across the throat on obverse. A decal of manufacturer's trademark, comprising of a marigold flower within a green garter features on throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Cloth tape, Leather, Inktennis

An H.B. Shattuck 'Eton' flat-top tennis racquet, with bevelled frame, solid concave throat, and fine-grooved handle. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Guttennis

A Green & Co. Champion tennis racquet, with concave throat, string whipping over cloth tape reinforced shoulders, and fine-grooved handle with fantail butt. Model name across throat on obverse; manufacturer's details across throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, String, Cloth tape, Inktennis

A 'Champion' model transitional flat-top tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, black leather crown protector, and fine-grooved, slender octagonal handle. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Leathertennis

A Salmon & Webster 'Champion' tennis racquet, with solid convex throat, cloth tape shoulder reinforcements, and, a fine grooved handle with fish-tail butt and a rubber handle grip. Impressed inscription on handle grip: SALMON &/WEBSTER LTD./MAKERS OF THE/PARLOUR/SUPER STRONG/BAT. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Cloth tape, Rubbertennis