Billiard cue
Burroughes and Watts Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
1455 mm (Length); 30 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 533765.2.1
Summary
Plain wooden billiard cue, with nib. Flat section in handle stamped Burroughes & Watts London. The stamp has been worn away in sections, presumably from use. Third of the way along cue stamped 0z 14 ½. One of ten standard billiard cues, part of a billiard set with a twelve-cue billiard rack, CHA/MISC/200a.1..., and one long cue, CHA/MISC/200a.3, plus rest, CHA/MISC/200a.4, and three billiard balls, CHA/MISC/200a.5...
Marks and inscriptions
Flat section in handle : Burroughes & Watts London Third of the way along cue : 0z 16
Makers and roles
Burroughes and Watts Ltd, manufacturer