Lot 3
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An early lawn tennis racket manufactured by Lunn & Co. of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, mid-1870's, with tilted head, leather strip intact, original coarse gut strings, convex wedge, rare circular cork handle with leather collar and butt (strings distressed, some wear to handle).

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An early lawn tennis racket manufactured by Lunn & Co. of Horncastle, Lincolnshire, mid-1870's, with tilted head, leather strip intact, original coarse gut strings, convex wedge, rare circular cork handle with leather collar and butt (strings distressed, some wear to handle).

Lot Essay

Lunn & Co. of Horncastle and 41 Berniers Street, London, were one of the earliest manufacturers of lawn tennis rackets. As well as making rackets, they manufactured presses, lawn tennis markers called "Captain Godfrey's marking pins" and game counters for rackets. Their Ventilated Holdfast racket was also manufactured by George Bussey and it is possible that they were taken over by Bussey's in the 1890's.

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