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LOT 1957
Vintage Wooden Tennis Racket
1920 A.D.
26 3/8 in. (420 grams, 67 cm).
Complete with original black stringing and ash frame bearing label 'Handmade by T.A.J. Harris, London'.
ProvenanceAcquired from Manfred Schotten Antiques, UK.
The Kusmirek Collection, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the Manfred Schotten listing.
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North Irish Horse Regiment Brass Trumpet
Stamped 1888 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Stamped 'W D 50 HENRY POTTER & CO 30. CHARING CROSS LONDON C&M 1888'; scratched graffiti near the mouth reading 'N.Irish Horse'; decorative fabric cord. 648 grams, 43 cm
Acquired from The Antiques Storehouse, UK, 2015. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the invoice and other information.
Produced for the North Irish Horse (60th Imperial Yeomanry) regiment and was presented to a Colonel at some stage in its history. The NIH is a yeomanry unit of the British Territorial Army raised in the northern counties of Ireland in the aftermath of the Second Boer War. -
Vintage Wooden Tennis Racket
1920 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Complete with original black stringing and ash frame bearing label 'Handmade by T.A.J. Harris, London'. 420 grams, 67 cm
Acquired from Manfred Schotten Antiques, UK. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the Manfred Schotten listing. -
Victorian Silver Baby Rattle with Whistle
19th-early 20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
The body decorated with foliate scrolls; articulate attachment loop to reverse; stamped 'GU' in a rectangular cartouche to underside of mouthpiece; coral stick and bells absent. 18.1 grams, 51 mm
Private U.K. family collection formed in the early 1970s. The property of Mr and Mrs P.R. of East Sussex. Thence by descent to family members.
Traditionally accompanied by a teether of red or white coral, such teethers were both practical aids and examples of sympathetic' magic, symbolising blood or bone.
