Billiard or Snooker scoreboard circa 1850
Billiard or Snooker scoreboard circa 1850
£2,200.00
Category
Reference
1221
An exceptionally rare and fine quality Billiards marker by Thurston of London circa 1840
Constructed from an excellent cut of English oak with a shaped pediment.
There are four revolving circular hand painted discs which are retained behind glazed panels,
each disc is moved by an ebony knob to register the required score.
The upper dials are differentiated from the bottom pair with an ebony dot ,
this is how players scores are kept separate, the "Spot dial" and the " Plain dial" .
Dimensions:
Height
74 cm / 2' 5 "
Width
58 cm
/ 1' 11"
Depth
4.5 cm
/ 2 "
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