Antique Lop Sided Lawn Tennis Racket By Jefferies
Antique Lop Sided Lawn Tennis Racket By Jefferies
Antique Jefferies Lawn Tennis Racket.
A rare, early lopsided (tilt head or teardrop shape) lawn tennis racquet in good original condition by Jefferies & Co. of Woolwich, England. The heavy ash lop sided frame is in very good condition. The walnut convex wedge is stamped with the maker's name 'Jefferies' and the Royal warrant with ebony stringing. The original period thick gut stringing is there but not in good condition. It has four rows of trebling to the top and bottom. The handle grip is made up of the ash frame with applied fruitwood fascia strips finished with a leather butt strip.
An excellent Racket.
Dimensions:
1850-1899
Circa 1880's
Ash
United Kingdom
Racket in good original condition. Stringing is original but broken.
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 lawn tennis racquet in good original condition by Jefferies & Co. of Woolwich, England. The heavy ash lop sided frame is in very good condition. The walnut convex wedge is stamped with the maker's name 'Jefferies' and the Royal warrant with ebony stringing. The original period thick gut stringing is there but not in good condition. It has four rows of trebling to the top and bottom. The handle grip is made up of the ash frame with applied fruitwood fascia strips finished with a leather butt strip.An excellent Racket.){kind=link}