A wooden racquet with a convex throat, and latticed handle. Around crown on obverse is the inscription, in blue: *LENOX*. Throat on obverse features a decal of two crossed racquets with a ball below. Inscription: E. KENT/R./PAWT./I. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Gut, Ink, Leathertennis

A wooden racquet with concave throat, plastic whipping, and leather handle grip. Decal across throat on both sides features the inscription: JC HIGGINS/WHIZ. Incorporated into the logo is a speeding tennis ball design. Materials: Wood, Gut, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Leather, Plastic, Ink, Painttennis

A Wilson Famous Player Series, Bruce Barnes Strokemaster Model tennis racquet. Shaft features a decal action photo image of Barnes, receiving a serve. Butt cover features Wilson 'W' trademark. Materials: Wood, Gut, String, Leather, Cloth, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

Peter Minko is a ceramic artist based in Bendigo, Victoria. His hand-thrown works using a fine porcelain body are usually a combination of burnished and bisque-fired ith hand-painted metallic oxides and sometimes fired a third time to apply gold or platinum to the design. He began potting in 1977 and has built a strong reputation as a porcelain artist, with work being commissioned by the Federal Government for official presentations and his designs being used by Australian Fine China for a range of dinnerware. Hand thrown, burnished, porcelain vase. Amphora shape with swirling design which flows around the body of the vase from base to top. Short necks with wide shoulder and rounded body with foot. Decoration is a combination of decals and hand painted elements. Heavily gilded. Interior glazed with tenmoku.Minko / (signature) / Bendigo / Australia / 2001

A wooden racquet, featuring a decal of a heraldic shield on both sides of throat. Inscription, from crown to stem, on obverse: SLAZENGER/KEN ROSEWALL/TOURNAMENT/FIBRE/ARMOURED/SLAZENGER. Materials: Wood, Paint, Adhesive tape, Nylon, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Leather, Ink, Plastic, Ribbon, String, Fibreglasstennis

A Wright and Ditson tennis racquet, with: laminated convex throat; double screw through shaft; and, fine-grooved, thick octagonal handle. Decal inscription along left side of shaft: WRIGHT & DITSON, MAKERS/BOSTON, MASS. U.S.A. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Paint, Ink, Leathertennis

A Wilson Famous Player Series, Frank Sedgman Finalsit tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Shaft features decal of head and neck photo image of Sedgman. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Adhesive tape, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, String, Ribbon, Paint, Plastictennis

A Wright & Ditson 'All American' model wooden racquet with open throat and octagonal grooved handle. String whipping around shoulders, throat pieces and around base of throat. Leather end wrap. On obverse, model name appears as a decal atop throat on base of head. On both obverse and reverse the trademark, patent information and country of manufacture are printed on shaft. On reverse, Manufacturer name is printed as decal on base of head, above throat. Indistinct letters carved into handle,and into shaft. Instructions on side of throat state: BAL/FROM/THIS/POINT. On one side of shaft:WRIGHT & DITSON/MAKERS/MADE IN U.S.A. and further down:STRUNG BY. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Leather, Stringtennis

A Wright & Ditson 'All American' model wooden racquet with open throat and octagonal grooved handle. String whipping and plastic reinforcements around shoulders and base of throat. Leather end wrap and butt cap. On obverse, model name appears as a decal atop throat on base of head. On reverse, manufacturer name is printed as decal on base of head, above throat. Instructions on side of throat state: BAL/FROM/THIS/POINT. On one side of shaft:'WRIGHT & DITSON/MAKERS/MADE IN U.S.A./LICENSED UNDER/PAT.NO.1664466' and further down:'STRUNG BY'. On other side of shaft:PATENTED/TOP FLITE CONSTRUCTION. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Lacquer, Glue, Ink, Leather, String, Plastictennis

A Dayton Junior Pilot tennis racquet, with a wholly steel frame. Racquet strings made from piano wire. Racquet head stringing continues through into the fully opened throat. Decal of model features on left side of shaft. Materials: Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Paint, Leather, Ink, Cord, Stringtennis

An Andersons Match wooden tennis racquet, with concave throat, cloth tape reinforcements around shoulders, and a fish-tailed handle butt. Impressed model name across throat on obverse. Decal of manufacturers trademark across throat on reverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Ink, Cloth tapetennis

An Horace Partridge Co. tennis racquet, with laminated convex throat, and fine-grooved handle. Decal of manufacturer's name, accompanied by an illustration of an upright sceptre, features across throat on obverse. Illegible model name features across crown on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Ink, Leather, Guttennis

A wooden racquet featuring a decal image on both sides of the throat, of a gold shield featuring the Olympic symbol in the centre. Inscription from head to stem, on both sides: OLYMPIC/FIBRE/WELDED/THROAT/SLAZENGER. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Leather, Ink, Ribbon, Plastic, Paint, Stringtennis

A wooden racquet with orange and black whipping, and black plastic collar. Decal along throat on obverse: PREMIER. Inscription along throat on reverse: WILSON. Inscriptiona along left side of stem: DUCO PERMANENT/HIGH POLISH FINISH. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Ink, Lacquer, Glue, String, Plastictennis

An unstrung WGS tennis racquet, with raised lower shoulders, string whipping around shoulders and shaft, and, a leather handle grip with patterned perforations. On throat is a decal comprising of a shield device mounted by crest and helm, featuring initials: WGS. Materials: Wood, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, String, Leather, Cloth, Inktennis

A Wilson Famous Player Series, Frank Sedgman Southern Cross tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Angular shaft features decal of head and neck photo image of Sedgman. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Adhesive tape, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Cloth, String, Ribbontennis

A CB Co. tennis racquet featuring: bevelled crown; laminated, convex throat; and fine-grooved bulbous handle. Manufacturer's trademark decal, comprising of monogram centred between two crossed racquets, with a ball immediately below, features across throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Gut, Inktennis

A composite wood tennis racquet with open throat. Octagonal handle wrapped with a grip. Has end wrap and butt cloth. String whipping at shoulders and at base of throat. Model name as incomplete decal imprinted across throat on obverse: '...MANDER'. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Leather, Gut, String, Inktennis

A wooden racquet featuring a decal image on both sides of the throat, of a gold shield featuring the Olympic symbol in the centre. Inscription from head to stem, on both sides: OLYMPIC/FIBRE/WELDED/THROAT/SLAZENGER. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Metal, Glue, Lacquer, Leather, Ink, Ribbon, Adhesive tape, Paint, Stringtennis

A wooden tennis racquet with plastic ribbon whipping around shoulders and shaft, and a short, fine grooved handle. Decal on throat is Cortland Tennis Racquets logo within red triangle device crowned by gold wing device. Materials: Wood, Gut, Plastic, Leather, Cloth, Ink, String, Glue, Lacquer, Metaltennis

A wooden tennis racquet withpainted shoulders, reinforced with string whipping, and a medium-grooved handle. Throat on obverse features a decal of a wreath and ribbon device, featuring the inscription: OLYMPIC. Butt cover features racquet maintenance instructions. Materials: Wood, Gut, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Cloth, Leather, String, Painttennis

A Spalding 'The Slocum' flat-top tennis racquet, featuring: solid convex throat; slender, octagonal handle; and wooden butt cap. Decal of model name and Spalding logo within ball trademark feature across black-painted throat on obverse. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Ink, Painttennis

A Wilson, Mary Hardwick Flight tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Throat features decal of stylised gold crown. Lower shaft and plastic butt cap features 'W' trademark. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Adhesive tape, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Paint, Plastic, Plastictennis

A Cortland American Driver tennis racquet, with string whipping on shoulders, and leather handle grip with quatrefoil perforations. Base of head on reverse features Courtland logo, and on obverse, the model name. Throat features decal of Courtland trademark, featuring stylised image of male playing tennis within a red triangle device. Shaft on obverse features a newer trademark with similar figural motif, but with a tennis ball in background instead of a triangle. Shaft on reverse features head illustration and signature reproduction of Joe Whalen. Cortland "Radio-Frequency/Resin Bonded" and "Smoke-Tone" decals feature on crown and shaft. 'C' trademark features on butt cover. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Plastic, Leather, Cloth, Ink, String, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, Painttennis

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

A wooden racquet with a convex throat, and grooved octagonal handle. Butt cap seems to be tarred cloth. Decal inscription across crown of head,and throat of obverse: BELLEMERE/PENNANT. Company logo is a pennant, in front of crossed racquets, and supported by two balls. Materials: Wood, Gut, Glue, Lacquer, Ink, Metal, Cloth, Stringtennis

An R.M. Co. (or M.R. Co.) West End flat top tennis racquet, with solid concave throat, and rare inlaid cork handle. Manufacturer and model details, in and around the image of a tennis racquet, feature on throat on obverse, and is a very early use of decal. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Glue, Metal, Gut, Ink, Corktennis

An oval, wooden racquet with a laminated concave throat. Decal of company trademark features on throat of obverse. Within a football device is the inscription: TRADE MARK/SCHMELZER'S/KANSAS CITY/SPORTING GOODS. Stamped inscription along right side of stem: THE/SCHMELZER COMPANY. Materials: Wood, Gut, Metal, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Stringtennis

A Wilson Famous Player Series, Alice Marble Finalist tennis racquet. Base of head features Wilson logo. Shaft features decal head and neck illustration of Marble. Butt cover features 'W' trademark. Materials: Wood, Nylon, Leather, Adhesive tape, Ink, Glue, Lacquer, Metal, String, Paint, Ribbontennis

A 'Tether' tennis racquet manufactured for F.A.O. Schwarz, featuring: laminated, convex throat; and slender octagonal handle, with fantailed butt. Model name impressed across crown, and manufacturer's trademark decal across throat on obverse. The name 'HOFFMAN' is carved along the right side of the handle. Materials: Wood, Lacquer, Metal, Glue, Gut, Ink, Leathertennis