A ply-wood paddle, with rounded butt. Materials: Wood, Metal, Glue, Lacquertennis

A ply-wood paddle, with squared butt. Materials: Wood, Metal, Glue, Lacquertennis

A children's toy tennis racquet, with solid concave throat, red painted collar, and plain handle. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Papertennis

An FAO Schwarz children's tennis racquet, with solid concave throat, and fine-grooved handle. Schwarz bell trademark features on throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Inktennis

A children's toy tennis racquet, with solid concave throat, red painted collar, and fine-grooved handle. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Papertennis

A Rollin Wilson Midget Model, children's tennis racquet, with paper tape whipping around shaft/handle. Manufacturer and model decal on throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Twine, Paper, Glue, Lacquer, Inktennis

A Rollin Wilson Midget Model, children's squash racquet, with paper tape whipping around shoulders and handle. manufacturer and model details impressed onto throat. Materials: Wood, Gut, Paper, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A children's tennis racquet, featuring solid convex throat, red-painted collar, and fine-grooved handle. Materials: Wood, Gut, Paint, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leathertennis

A 'Live Oak' children's tennis racquet, featuring solid convex throat, red-painted collar, and fine-grooved handle. Materials: Wood, Gut, Paint, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A children's tennis racquet, featuring slightly lobbed head, solid convex throat, wood/cardboard laminated frame and shaft, and paper collar and end wrap. Materials: Wood, Twine, Paper, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Cardboardtennis

A children's tennis racquet, with gut stringing continuing from head into open throat, and cloth bound lower shoulders and shaft. Materials: Wood, Gut, Cloth tape, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A pair of Dayton racquetball racquets, with metal frame and metal stringing, and fine-grooved wooden handle. Materials: Metal, Wood, Paint, Plastic, Adhesive tape, Ink, Gluetennis

A Yashima MiniSmash wooden racquetball racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and leather handle grip with x-formation perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Plastic, Adhesive tape, String, Paint, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A ping-pong paddle, with stretched hide double face, leather-bound head framework, leather collar, and a rounded, solid wood handle. During this period of table tennis history, it was merely a parlour game, and very distant from the professional competitive sport it was to become. Materials: Wood, Hide, String, Leather, Glue, Metal, Lacquertennis

A piece of sporting equipment which seems to be a ping pong paddle with stretched hide face, on one side, and a junior lawn tennis racquet, with stringing, on the other side. Impressed gold designs geature around frame and shaft. During this period of table tennis history, it was merely a parlour game, and very distant from the professional competitive sport it was to become. Materials: Wood, Hide, String, Ink, Leather, Paint, Glue, Metaltennis

A Ping Pong paddle, with stretched hide double-face, and gold tape decoration around frame. During this period of table tennis history, it was merely a parlour game, and very distant from the professional competitive sport it was to become. Materials: Wood, Hide, Glue, Adhesive tapetennis

A pair of Ping Pong paddles, with stretched hide faces, and leather binding with impressed gold patterning. During this period of table tennis history, it was merely a parlour game, and very distant from the professional competitive sport it was to become. Materials: Wood, Hide, Leather, Glue, Inktennis

A toddler's tennis racquet, with solid concave throat, gut stringing, and leather collar around shaft. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A miniature Grays squash racquet, with plastic tape whipping around shoulders and shaft, and velvetine handle grip. Materials: Wood, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Ink, Paint, Cloth, Glue, Lacquer, Velvetinetennis

A miniature Grays real tennis racquet, with plastic tape whipping around shoulders and shaft, and vinyl handle grip. Materials: Wood, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Vinyl, Ink, Paint, Cloth, Glue, Lacquertennis

A miniature Grays tennis racquet, with plastic tape whipping around shoulders and shaft, and vinyl handle grip. Materials: Wood, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Vinyl, Ink, Paint, Cloth, Glue, Lacquertennis

A SCH Mahboob tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Ribbon, Paint, Adhesive tapetennis

An Adidas Ilie Nastase tennis racquet, with tape whipping around shoulders, and leather handle grip with patterned perforations. Autograph by Nastase features along shaft and neck, on obverse. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Plastic, Fibre, Adhesive tapetennis

A Hollywood Strokemaster De Luxe Model tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and a Victor leather handle grip with rare trefoil perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, String, Enameltennis

A Lew Hoad Conquest tennis racquet, with ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with x-formation perforations. Decal photo image of Hoad features on throat, and Egyptian ankh trademark features on lower shaft and butt cap. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Ribbon, Enamel, Plastic, Adhesive tapetennis

A Sportsply Royal Crown Dynacane Model tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and leather handle grip with patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Gut, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, String, Enamel, Adhesive tapetennis

A Tony Roche World Ace tennis racquet, with fibre cross laminations across throat and shoulders, and leather handle grip with X-formation perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Plastic, Fibre, Adhesive tape, Stringtennis

A Sport Style Tourney Black Supreme tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and leather handle grip with X-formation perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Fibre, Adhesive tape, Stringtennis

A Jelinek World Ace Challenger tennis racquet, with string whipping around shoulders, and leather handle grip with arrowhead perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Vinyl, Adhesive tape, String, Painttennis

An A.R.Co. Crown tennis racquet, with fibreglass and hide shoulder reinforcements, bamboo laminated shaft, and leather handle grip with X-formation perforations. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Plastic, Adhesive tape, String, Fibre, Fibreglass, Bamboo, Hidetennis