BRACELET 1882

THIS BRACELET HAS FULL ENGLISH SILVER HALLMARKS.

ACCORDING TO THE MARK, THE MAKER IS M&L FOR MINSHULL & LATIMER OF VYSE STREET, BIRMINGHAM, ANCHOR FOR BIRMINGHAM ASSAY OFFICE, LION PASSANT FOR STERLING SILVER AND THE DATE LETTER “H” FOR 1882

THIS BANGLE WAS MADE WHEN LAWN TENNIS WAS STILL NEW. LADIES WOULD NOT YET PLAY AT WIMBLEDON FOR ANOTHER 2 YEARS, WHEN MAUD WATSON WAS THE WINNER OF THE TWO FIRST LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIPS EVER HELD AT WIMBLEDON IN 1884 AND 1885.