Royal Lawn Tennis Boxed Set

This extremely rare lawn tennis set, made by Jefferies & Co. of Woolwich, England, is remarkably complete and was manufactured shortly after the first appearance of the Sphairistiké lawn tennis sets patented by Major Waltor Clopton Wingfield in 1874. This set contains: a pine box with its colorful manufacturer’s label; four tilt-head tennis racquets constructed of ash and strung with gut; a net; net poles (includes extensions to raise the net for playing badminton); a center weight; guy ropes; metal pegs and canes; a reel of marking tape; an India-rubber ball; and a rules book.