Tennis ball holder by Hermès, Paris
Price Code: ££
Reference: 6480
An extraordinary silver-plated tennis ball holder or can, by Hermès, Paris, able to accommodate six of your favourite brand, with a bayonet-fitting cap with rope detailing, vacant central cartouche and the base stamped HERMÈS PARIS.
In the 1950s Hermès created a range of desk pieces and objects with a tennis theme, including magnifying glasses and pillboxes shaped as racquets, but this is the only tennis ball can that we have ever seen.
Height: 14 inches (36 cm)
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