Snooker balls box
Billiard Ball Co Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard, Resin
Measurements
235 mm (Width) x 64 mm (Depth); 343 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Cheshire
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 884528
Summary
Box containing 22 Vitalite snooker balls, 15 red, 1 green, 1 brown, 1 pink, 1 yellow, 1 white, 1 blue and 1 black.
Provenance
Either given by Ray Reardon after the television programme Arthur Negus Enjoys in 1981 which was filmed at Lanhydrock, Peter Clare from E. Clare & Sons who gave a box of second hand snooker balls May 1981, or by Willie Thorn after the television programme Jim Will Fix It, See also LAN.Misc.60.
Marks and inscriptions
(on side of lid) MADE IN ENGLAND. FABRIQUE EN ANGLETERRE/COMPOSITION BILLIARD BALL CO. LTD., CHESHIRE, ENGLAND.
Makers and roles
Billiard Ball Co Ltd, manufacturer