Score board
Thurston and Co Ltd.
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1890
Materials
Oak, ivory
Measurements
45 x 101.5 x 9.5 cm
Place of origin
Sharpleshall Street
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Ightham Mote, Kent
NT 825040
Summary
An oak scoreboard for the billiard table, English, circa 1890. With a scroll-carved crest above two rows of revolving numbers, knob side handles to operate and two ivory score markers, with label THURSTON & Co LTD. 1-1A SHARPLESHALL STREET, LONDON NW1.
Provenance
Gift from Mrs. Violet Van Houten, of Crawley, West Sussex, in memory of her husband Mr. Robert Van Houten in 1994. Mr Van Houten had purchased the scoreboard with the billiard table from Thurston and Co. Ltd, London in 1976.
Marks and inscriptions
On scoreboard: THURSTON & Co LTD. 1-1A SHARPLESHALL STREET, LONDON NW1.
Makers and roles
Thurston and Co Ltd., retailer