A countertop display made for George Gunn's Nottingham sports shop in the form of miniature models of sporting equipment circa 1890s, maker's stamp wi
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Start a valuationA countertop display made for George Gunn's Nottingham sports shop in the form of miniature models of sporting equipment circa 1890s, maker's stamp with Prince of Wales's Feathers for Trimmings, comprising a fine group of ivory and wood miniature models of sports equipment, comprising sixteen cricket bats, two sets of cricket stumps and bails, a cricket ball, other sports comprising a lawn tennis racquet, three fencing swords, two battledores, three games bases and a post marker, three dumbbells and two Indian clubs, all displayed in a wooden and brass cased with curved glass cover, 42 by 27.5 by 25cm., 16 1/2 by 10 3/4 by 10in.; sold with a signed letter of provenance from the present vendor, a family descendant of George Gunn, the England and Nottinghamshire cricketer and joint-founder of the Gunn and Moore sports company (2)

