An unusual high Victorian style tennis award in the shape of a biscuit barrel with engraved silver-plated mountings dated 1884, the engraving reads W
Hammer:
£220
Estimate:
£100 - £140
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An unusual high Victorian style tennis award in the shape of a biscuit barrel with engraved silver-plated mountings dated 1884, the engraving reads WADHAM COLLEGE (OXFORD) LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT 1884 - SINGLE TIES, WON BY A. F. SAUNDERS, the base with a written pattern number and the stamped name of MCINTYRE, height to top of extended handle, 19.5cm., 7 3/4in.