Indian Dowry Chest Horses Head Finials, from India s Rajasthan or Gujarat Region

Snooker, Billiards & Life pool scoreboard attributed to Thurston & Co. A nice combined Victorian billiards and life pool scoreboard made of light oak. The billiard scorer sits upon a lockable ball cabinet that can house 32 balls, which then sits upon a cupboard. The cupboard comprises of two drawers, a pair of panelled doors enclosing a shelf, the cupboard raised on a plinth base. The scorer comprises of two blue rollers with gilt painted numbers, 0 to 20 / 20 to 40 / 40 to 60 / 60 to 80 / 80 to 100, with two ebony slides to mark your score, one spot and one plain. The Life Pool board consists of 12 slides with coloured discs, each colour representing the player's cue ball and the order of play. The colours of the discs being blue, brown, green, white, red, yellow, black, pink, spot orange, spot white, spot red and spot yellow. When each slide is pulled back 3 boxwood discs are revealed, one for each life of the player. There are also "stars" hiding, and these are used as extra lives. In the middle of the scoreboard there is a slate board for keeping scores etc. The game of Life Pool can be played by a number of players, a maximum of 12 players with this scoreboard, who form the pool. Each player has their own coloured ball and loses a life each time the ball is potted by an opponent. When three lives...

Team Photograph, Hockey Team. A team photograph of a military hockey team in India, 1919 - 1920. The sepia team photo is mounted on the official Cambridge photographers mount 'Charle...

Vintage Taxidermy Stags Head. A late 20th century taxidermy wall mounted stag's head (possibly a white-tailed deer) set looking to its right (our left). The taxidermy head is in fair...

Aluminium Mallet Head Putter. A very unusual triangular shaped alloy head putter with hickory shaft and suede leather grip. A great center-shafted croquet style putter by an unknown ...