A Bussey's ''The Royal Lawn Tennis Set'' equipment box circa 1880, painted on the outer lid, intriguingly, pasted down right across the inner lid is a

A Bussey's ''The Royal Lawn Tennis Set'' equipment box circa 1880, painted on the outer lid, intriguingly, pasted down right across the inner lid is a rather unusual hand-coloured cartoon (90 by 27 cm.) depicting ''Bussey's Lawn Tennis'' (George Gibson Bussey), lawn tennis match played by curious dramatical, imaginatively dressed figures, this drawing is in the manner of the Victorian illustrator David Henry Friston (1820-1906), the box has a central lock (but the key is missing), however there are a pair of sliding metal fasteners which keep the lid tightly closed, a pair of iron carrying handles complete the exterior, length 94cm., depth 16.5cm., width 39.5cm., (See Racket Sports Collectibles - Robert T. Everitt, p.152. and The Birth of Lawn Tennis - Everitt, Hillway, p.382.)