Billiard cue
Burroughes and Watts Ltd
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Oak
Measurements
1460 mm (Length)
Collection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1227401.2.4
Summary
Accessories for billiard table (.1) including nineteen cues in oak with ebonised handles (.2.1-19) ; four ebonised rests (.2.20-23); sixteen balls in various colours (.2.24-39); oak stand with three scroll legs and three supports forming a triangle round central support, with brass and ivory clips for cues (.3.1); three broken clips from cue stand in Crate Store, Crate E8 (.3.2-4).
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Makers and roles
Burroughes and Watts Ltd, manufacturer