Stunning Antique Victorian Hand Carved Oak Revolving Snooker Pool Cue Rack

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique Mahogany snooker or pool cue wall mounted holder that takes 18 cues Please note the del...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this lovely lightly restored Burroughes & Watts London Mahogany Snooker scoreboard with mother of pearl counters A truly stunning example of Victorian Snooker...

Oak cue stand, having central turned finial above cue rack accommodating 12 cues, all raised up on turned pillars and stepped base terminating in bun feet. Dimensions Height 45.5 Inc...

A fabulous full size 12ft x 6ft mahogany and ebony marquetry billiard table, English circa 1875. The side frame is embellished with decorative marquetry roundels and flowing symmetrical fauna of Boxwood and Amboyna, the cushions sides follow this repeating marquetry pattern on a smaller scale with further ebony roundels. The bold gadrooned legs are complimented with scroll brackets and fitted with a vine leaf marquetry motif within a diamond of walnut and Amboyna. Made by Cox & Yeman of London. The table has been tastefully restored by hand with English handmade cotton nets, cushion rubbers, leathers and cloth. Mr Henry Cox and Mr Edward Yeman joined forces at some time in the 1850s to form their own billiard table company, It would appear that Mr Cox was already building tables but needed the expertise of Mr Yeman and his sister who were trained by Burroughes and Watts stuffing cushions and making Holland covers respectively. By 1864 they were fully fledged manufacturers of billiard tables and supplied specially made competition tables for the 1866 Oxford vs Cambridge match, Dufton’s ‘Great Handicap’ and the hotly contested Roberts and Cook championships. By 1873 the company was located at 184 Brompton Road and listed over fifty titled gentleman as customers including: The Duke of Richmond, The Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Jersey, the Nwab Nizam of Bengal, H.M. the King of Siam...