Antique snooker table or billiard table figured walnut

Antique snooker table or billiard table figured walnut
Antique snooker table or billiard table figured walnut
Antique snooker table or billiard table figured walnut
Antique snooker table or billiard table figured walnut
Antique snooker table or billiard table figured walnut
Antique snooker table or billiard table figured walnut

Antique snooker table or billiard table figured walnut

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Antique Billiard & Snooker Tables Full Size

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This beautiful full size 12ft x 6ft antique Billiard - Snooker table was made circa 1870 by J & T Scott of Edinburgh, it is a superb cut of figured walnut and exudes both quality and presence.

 Standing on eight elegant shaped and fluted legs with applied bosses to the upper rounded section, all supporting a slate bed with nicely figured cushion edges and circular roundels. 

Complete with original brass pocket plates and hand made netshe table has been fully restored by hand in the traditional manner.

J & T Scott were not specialist billiard table makers but also manufacturers of high quality furniture and they  traded from an impressive building at 10, George Street in Scotland’s capital city of Edinburgh. 

Specialising in cabinet making and exhibitors at the Great Exhibition of 1862 and the International Industrial Exhibition hosted in Edinburgh itself, J & T Scott held contracts with many institutions.

Scott's craftsmanship could be found at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and other municipal buildings. 

In the 1850-1851 Post Office directory for Edinburgh and Leith, J & T Scott are listed as upholsterers and undertakers, they continued to trade into the 20th century and were held in high regard throughout their years of operation.

Dimensions:

Height 83.82 cm / 2' 9 "
Width 386 cm / 12' 8 "
Depth 205 cm / 6' 8 "