A Victorian silver plated ashtray with tennis racquet decoration, the circular tray with raised centre surmounted by a model tennis ball and supportin

A Victorian silver plated ashtray with tennis racquet decoration, the circular tray with raised centre surmounted by a model tennis ball and supporting cigarette rests modelled as Demon fishtail racquets, diameter 10cm., 4in; sold with a silver plated cigarette case engraved as a prize M.A.C., TENNIS TOURNAMENT, 1ST. PRIZE SINGLES, 1913, WON BY, L.F. TURNBULL, the cover monogrammed, 10cm., 4in. (2) The 1915 US National Singles Championships (US Open) records lists a L.F. Turnbull being defeated by C.C. Pell in the first round. Presumably the same Turnbull who won the present prize in 1913. The 1915 US Open was the first year it was hosted at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills, New York. not illustrated