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

Four wooden Tournament badminton racquets (.1-.4), with purple adhesive tape whipping around shoulders and shaft, blue painted throat and lower shaft, bare, fine-grooved handle, and plastic burgundy butt cover. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Nylon, Ink, Adhesive tape, Metal, Paint, Leather, Plastic, Glue, Clothtennis

A wooden Spalding Jack Purcell Tournament/Personal badminton racquet, with plastic ribbon whipping around shoulders, along with string whipping around shaft, and leather handle grip with patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, String, Ink, Adhesive tape, Metal, Paint, Leather, Gut, Glue, Cloth, Plastictennis

A wooden Spalding Steel King badminton racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, String, Ink, Adhesive tape, Metal, Paint, Leather, Gut, Gluetennis

A Spalding Favorite squash racquet, with painted cloth shoulder supports, string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, String, Ink, Adhesive tape, Metal, Paint, Leather, Cloth, Guttennis

Four Wright & Ditson Eagle badminton racquets (.1-.4), with adhesive tape whipping around shaft, and soft leather handle grip. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Nylon, Ink, Adhesive tape, Adhesive tape, Metal, Paint, Leather, Gluetennis

A Wright & Ditson Ace badminton racquet, with cplastic ribbon whiping around shoulders and shaft, and cloth handle grip. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Nylon, Ink, Adhesive tape, Plastic, Metal, Cloth, Leather, Gluetennis

A Wright & Ditson International squash racquet, with cloth shoulder reinforcements, string whiping around shoulders and shaft, rubber collar and handle grip. Materials: Paint, Wood, Lacquer, String, Ink, Gut, Rubber, Leather, Adhesive tape, Glue, Metaltennis

A Dayton badminton racquet, with steel frame and strings, orange support strings and whipping, and fine grooved wooden handle with plastic butt cap. Materials: Metal, Paint, Wood, Lacquer, String, Ink, Plastic, Adhesive tapetennis

A Dayton badminton racquet, with steel frame and strings, orange support strings and whipping, and fine grooved wooden handle with plastic butt cap. Materials: Metal, Paint, Wood, Lacquer, String, Ink, Plastic, Adhesive tapetennis

A Dayton badminton racquet, with steel frame and nylon strings, and fine grooved wooden handle. Materials: Metal, Paint, Wood, Lacquer, Nylon, Inktennis

A Dayton badminton racquet, with steel frame and strings, and fine grooved wooden handle. Materials: Metal, Paint, String, Wood, Lacquertennis

A Dayton badminton racquet, with steel frame and strings, wooden handle and lower shaft, soft leather handle grip, and black cloth butt cover. Materials: Metal, Paint, Plastic, Nylon, Leather, Ink, Cloth, Wood, Lacquertennis

An Army & Navy wooden hard racquets racquet, with solid concave throat, string whipping over cloth taped reinforced shoulders, and cloth-backed vinyl wrapped around a form of carpet underlay for the handle grip. Retailer's name impressed into shaft on obverse. Materials: Wood, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Gut, Cloth tape, String, Leather, Vinyl, Carpettennis

An Alexander Masterstroke wooden squash racquet with fine ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and plain leather handle grip. Fleur-de-lis trademark features on throat and lower shaft. Materials: Wood, Gut, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, String, Ink, Plastic, Ribbontennis

A 'Club' wooden squash racquet with string whipping over cloth tape reinforced shoulders, and a leather handle grip, wrapped over cotton padding. Inscription across butt cover: MADE IN/BRITISH/INDIA. Materials: Wood, Gut, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, String, Ink, Cotton, Cloth tapetennis

A Read squash racquet, with gut stringing, and leather handle grip. Manufacturer's details across throat on obverse, and across butt cover. Materials: Wood, Gut, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, String, Inktennis

A classic Cragin-Simplex Hornet squash racquet, with string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with large floral-patterned perforations. Materials: Wood, Gut, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, String, Inktennis

A Pretty tennis racquet with solid convex throat, and leather collars around upper shaft and (originally) butt. Model name is impressed in cursive script across throat, on obverse. Materials: Wood, Gut, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leathertennis

A Pretty tennis racquet with solid convex throat, and leather collars around cupper shaft and butt. Model name is impressed in cursive script across throat, on obverse. Materials: Wood, Gut, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leathertennis

A tennis racquet with wedgeless, open throat, and originally featuring cloth tape binding the lower shoulders and upper shaft, and collaring mid-shaft and butt. Materials: Wood, Gut, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A tennis racquet with wedgeless, open throat, red cloth tape binding lower shoulders and upper shaft, and collaring mid-shaft and butt. Materials: Wood, Gut, Cloth tape, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A Jeffries & Malings tennis racquet, with solid concave throat, thick gut string net, and leather crown protector. Originally featured red leather collars around length of shaft, which are now lost. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A Bussey Club badminton racquet, with grooved handle grip. Impressed model name across throat, and manufacturer's name along shaft, on obverse. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

An H.B.C. Special badminton racquet, with green tape shoulder supports, and fine-grooved handle grip. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Cloth tape, Ink, Stringtennis

A J.C. Higgins badminton racquet, with blue/white plastic ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and brown cloth handle grip. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Ink, Enamel, Cloth tape, Leather, Paper, Stringtennis

A Wilson Tournament badminton racquet, with red plastic ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and leather handle grip with quatrefoil perforations. Materials: Wood, Gut, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Plastic, Ink, Enamel, Adhesive tapetennis

An Horace Partridge Crescent badminton racquet, with plastic ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and fine-grooved handle. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, String, Plastic, Ink, Clothtennis