Tilt Head Lawn Tennis Racket, Lopsided By Charles Ward. Schotten Tennis Museum Collection. Not For Sale.

Tilt Head Lawn Tennis Racket, Lopsided By Charles Ward. Schotten Tennis Museum Collection. Not For Sale.

Reference

26769

Antique Lopsided Charles Ward Lawn Tennis Racket.
A rare, early lopsided (tilt head) lawn tennis racquet in good original condition by Chas. Ward, Heckmondwike, Yorkshire. The ash frame is in very good condition. The convex wedge stamped with the maker's details. The original period thick gut stringing is in very good condition. It also has seven rows of trebling to the top and three on the bottom. The grip is made up of the ash frame, applied cedar wood fascia strips finished with a leather butt strip.

Dimensions:

Height 68 cm / 27"
Width 21 cm / 8 12"
Depth 2 cm / 1"
Period

1850-1899

Year

Circa 1880's

Medium

Ash

Condition

Exceptional

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