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Lot 536: A Trio of Items Including a Vintage Dunlop Wooden Tennis Racquet with Press and Two Hand-Turned Cherry Wood Vessels

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Estimated price: £10 - £20

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A vintage wooden tennis racquet, identified as a Dunlop production and bearing the name Craighead Doncaster on the throat. The racquet features a laminated frame and is held within a traditional rectangular wooden press with four metal wingnut fasteners. Accompanying the racquet are two hand-turned decorative wooden vessels crafted from cherry wood. These comprise a lidded bulbous pot and a tall ovoid vase with natural bark inclusions at the shoulder. A label on the base of the lidded pot identifies the maker as R. Rounthwaite, a hobbyist woodturner from Doncaster, UK.