Badminton Racket
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; rubber
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0058 a,b
- Description
- Two wooden badminton rackets. a) Wooden badminton racket with a laminated handle of light wood with incised vertical lines and a leather covering at the heel marked “WHEN NOT IN USE PLEASE KEEP IN A PRESS”. The racket is strung with natural gut with a horizontal rows with a dark red and two rows of…
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- Title
- Badminton Racket
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- wood; metal; skin; rubber
- Dimensions
- 3.4 x 20.1 x 66.5 cm
- Description
- Two wooden badminton rackets. a) Wooden badminton racket with a laminated handle of light wood with incised vertical lines and a leather covering at the heel marked “WHEN NOT IN USE PLEASE KEEP IN A PRESS”. The racket is strung with natural gut with a horizontal rows with a dark red and two rows of bright red at the top and bottom. The throat of the racket has an inscription that reads “ T.H. Prosser & Sons” (?). On the other-side of the throat it reads “The Superb” and father down the handle it is stamped with “MADE IN ENGLAND”. The racket is held in a press. The press has four metal screws to hold the press together. Each screw reads “BY ROYAL LETTERS NOS 263472 209870 PATENT”. b) Wooden badminton racket with a laminated handle of light and dark wood with incised vertical lines and a leather covering at the heel marked “WHEN NOT IN USE PLEASE KEEP IN A PRESS”. The racket is strung with natural gut with a two horizontal rows of red at the top and bottom. The racket is held in a press. The press has four metal screws to hold the press together. Each screw reads “BY ROYAL LETTERS NOS 263472 209870 PATENT”. Dimensions: 5.2 x 21.2 x 66.7 cm
- Credit
- Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
- Catalogue Number
- 108.04.0058 a,b
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