A Courtland racket manufactured by Hobbies of Dereham, Norfolk, 1920's, with piano wire strings and octagonal handle covered in linen grip (strings and paintword rusty) -- a Birmal Ace manufactured by the Pearce Straight Grain Co. Birmingham, ca.1920, with aluminium frame, piano wire strings, wooden octagonal handle with transfers and leather grip -- a 1920's steel racket manufactured by Dayton, Ohio, with double centre main piano wire string and finely-scored octagonal handle -- and a T 2000 racket manufactured by Wilson, ca.1969, with aluminium frame, modern stringing, with leather octagonal handle. (4)