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M.57.30
Title
Real tennis ball
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Description
Real Tennis ball, (sometimes called Jeu de Paume) - American, U.S.A., bisected. Up to 1954. (Ball Display). Interior only, consisting of a core of cement sealed with cotton and a winding of silk thread. These balls were completed with an outer cover of wool nap which in this case is missing.
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American Court Tennis Ball. The core is made of cotton and cement and the outside winding is of silk thread.
Possibly last used 1954. Balls now made by Mr Johns
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