A stoneware match-stick holder decorated with crossed flat-topped tennis racquets and lawn tennis balls c1880s, almost certainly by McIntyre of Bursle

A stoneware match-stick holder decorated with crossed flat-topped tennis racquets and lawn tennis balls c1880s, almost certainly by McIntyre of Burslem but with no factory mark, just pattern numbers B1814, gilded inner rim, height 6cms. 2 1/2 in.