A lawn tennis-themed ceramics collection, comprising i) a large Denby treacle-coloured lemonade jug, 17cm. complete with a crossed rackets and balls d
£180 - £220
A lawn tennis-themed ceramics collection, comprising i) a large Denby treacle-coloured lemonade jug, 17cm. complete with a crossed rackets and balls design in relief to the front; ii) a similar designed lemonade beaker, 11cm.; iii) a scarce 1880s child's pottery mug with transfer and hand-coloured scene showing a girls' lawn tennis match, 8cm.; iv) a Bilston & Battersea Enamels lidded enamel box commemorating ''Wimbledon - The first Lawn Tennis Championship 1877.''; v) a 1970s Sylvac lawn tennis ball mug with a racket handle, 10cm.; vi) a 1982 'House of Stewart' ''Sport Goofy'' Disney figurine of Goofy and Donald Duck, 24 by 17cm.; vii) a 'Falcon China' pin dish and lid with spotting transfers; viii & ix) a large pair of Victorian, extensively restored, bisque boy and girl lawn tennis players, 37 cm.; and x & xi) a pair of matching Victorian tennis-themed wall-plaques showing, in relief, a lady & gentleman playing lawn tennis playing lady, 15cm. diameter, each of them has the numbers 538 and 539 stamped into the reverse (11)