A rare original French boxed table tennis set 'Tennis de Salon' circa 1902, the box (45 by 25 5.5cm.) is constructed from rugged cardboard with pink l

A rare original French boxed table tennis set 'Tennis de Salon' circa 1902, the box (45 by 25 5.5cm.) is constructed from rugged cardboard with pink lining-paper and contains: a pair of round-headed wooden bats; a pair of very unusual soft-wood posts which clamp onto the table (each with the provision of a semi-circular cup which will hold a table tennis ball; a table tennis net; 4 celluloid table tennis balls; and a rare 4 page booklet, 'Regle du Jeu de Tennis de Salon (the lawn tennis scoring system is suggested), a finely detailed print by the Societe d'Arts Graphiques (Clichy) of the game being played features on the lid and note the identical boxed game and rules booklet lies open in the picture's foreground