19th Century Victorian Thurston Billiard Snooker and Life Pool Scoreboard

This is an excellent antique mahogany pool scoreboard by Palmer & Sons, London late 19th century in date. This is one of the best examples of a pool scoreboard, with nine slides and a moulded pediment above the maker's label: PALMER & SONS, 111, HIGH STREET, BORO', LONDON Together with two prints in oak frames, THE RULES OF POOL & THE RULES OF PYRAMID POOL, Burroughes & Watts, London. Provenance: Sotheby's Belgravia sale on 6th December 1979 of World Champion Billiards/Snooker player 'Joe Davis' This is a fun piece which is sure to attract a lot of attention from your guests and be a welcome addition to any games room.. THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION. Condition: In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 65 x width 44 x depth 9 - scoreboard Height 58 x width 41 x depth 2.5 - print with frame Dimensions in inches: Height 25.6 x width 17.3 x depth 3.5 - scoreboard Height 22.8 x width 16.1 x depth 1.0 - print with frame Burroughes & Watts, London - firm, which would become one of the most famous of the English billiard table manufacturers, was founded in 1836 by William Burroughes in partnership with F. Watts. William had learnt his trade with Thurston's, and set up his new business at 19 Soho Square, London. He brought with him from Thurston's all the latest innovations for billiard tables, immediately starting to produce models with rubber cushions and slate beds. Even though the natural rubber cushions would give extremes of elasticity according to temperature, and the slates where only an inch thick, this was to be the future of billiard tables, and Burroughes and Watts were at the forefront from the very beginning. They were quickly recognised as a world-class manufacturer and received a prize medal for a table entered for the Great Exhibition of 1851, with a similar award being received at the subsequent London Exhibition of 1862. In 1860 they were making a modest 150 full-sized tables a year, but by the end of this decade production had doubled. In 1869 they followed the lead of Thurston's and improved their cushions with "vulcanised" rubber, which were designed to minimise the effect of temperature variations. The business now looked for expansion away from London, and in the early 1870's they opened up branches in Dublin and Belfast. At this time most tables in Ireland were made with cast iron frames, and the wooden framed Burroughes & Watts tables proved popular with the locals. In 1873 the company secured a major contract for billiard tables to "Her Majesty's War Department and Admiralty" and around the same time received the warrant of Queen Victorian and Edward, Prince of Wales. The following year, the champion, William Cook...

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