Billiard cue
Burroughes and Watts Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
1455 mm (Length); 35 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 533765.2.5
Summary
Plain wooden billiard cue, with nib in tacked. The flat section in handle stamped Burroughes & Watts London and a third of the way along cue stamped 0z 15 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
On the handle: Burroughes & Watts London A third of the way along the Cue: 0z 15 1/2
Makers and roles
Burroughes and Watts Ltd, manufacturer