Tennis ball
Category
Leatherwork
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Moss
Measurements
47 mm (Diameter)54 mm (Diameter)60 mm (Diameter)
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Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire
NT 282428.1
Summary
One of a set of four tennis balls of different sizes. The fourth ball (d) is displayed in Exhibition Room 2. a) is made of leather and moss. b) has traces of red dye on the surface. c) is of perished rubber. d) is made of skin and possibly moss.
Marks and inscriptions
LMH 91 S Range (on archaeological label on ball (c))