Antique Bussey Design Cork Grip Lawn Tennis Racket

Antique Bussey Design Cork Grip Lawn Tennis Racket

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Reference

28252

Ash Lawn Tennis Racket With Cork Grip.
A very good and collectable lawn tennis racket with unusual patent grip. This style of cork grip is usually found on rackets manufactured by George Bussey & Co., although this racket for some reason does not bear Bussey's stamp. The racket has a nice clean ash frame with an unmarked walnut convex wedge. The handle is unusual as the grip has cork inserts running along it's length for extra grip. It has a good straight frame with the original red and white stringing (although discoloured) with three rows of black trebling to the top.
The design is quite rare making it a desirable collectable.

Dimensions:

Height 69 cm / 27 "
Width 21.5 cm / 8 "
Depth 4.5 cm / 2"
Period

1950-1999

Year

C. 1900

Country

United Kingdom

Condition

Excellent condition, no warping, original stringing bar two white vertical strings that have been replaced with period gut stringing.

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