Antique Lawn Tennis Racket, Alexandra. Lop Sided.
Antique Lawn Tennis Racket, Alexandra. Lop Sided.
Antique Feltham Lawn Tennis Racket, 'The Alexandra'.
A rare, early lawn tennis racquet in good original condition by Feltham of London. The racket is light in weight as the early rackets were and is probably from a boxed set. The thick ash frame is in good condition (but slightly warped) and is stamped 'The Alexandra' on the top. The walnut convex wedge has ebony and boxwood stringing and is stamped with the maker's name and the Prince of Wales three feather plume logo, this signified that they were suppliers to the Prince of Wales. The original period thick gut stringing is in very good condition with three rows of trebling to the top and bottom.
The maker of this wonderful racket is Feltham & Co. City Steam Works, Barbican, London. They produced some of the earliest lawn tennis rackets, beginning in the 1870's and were probably one of the premier makers of that time.
Dimensions:
1850-1899
C. 1875
Ash
England
Very good condition with original stringing.
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 and is stamped 'The Alexandra' on the top. The walnut convex wedge has ebony and boxwood stringing and is stamped with the maker's name and the Prince of Wales three feather plume logo, this signified that they were suppliers to the Prince of Wales. The original period thick gut stringing is in very good condition with three rows of trebling to the top and bottom.The maker of this wonderful racket is Feltham & Co. City Steam Works, Barbican, London. They produced some of the earliest lawn tennis rackets, beginning in the 1870's and were probably one of the premier makers of that time.){kind=link}