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Hand-Ball.—XIV. Century

Hand-Ball.—XIV. Century.jpg The Ring in TiltingThumbnailsQueen Caroline’s Drawing-Room, Kensington Palace.The Ring in TiltingThumbnailsQueen Caroline’s Drawing-Room, Kensington Palace.The Ring in TiltingThumbnailsQueen Caroline’s Drawing-Room, Kensington Palace.The Ring in TiltingThumbnailsQueen Caroline’s Drawing-Room, Kensington Palace.The Ring in TiltingThumbnailsQueen Caroline’s Drawing-Room, Kensington Palace.

The following engraving represents a gentleman and lady playing at hand-ball, and as far as one can judge from the representation, the pastime consisted in merely beating the ball from one to the other.