Anyone know what this rack would be for?

[Eric M.]

Diamond like a 9 ball rack but larger. That's a 9 ball rack inside of it. It holds 16 - 2 1/4" balls kind of, not tight.
I got this from an estate as part of a 1910 Brunswick Wellington table so may be from that era.

Thanks

 

[TwistedTexasStyle]

Could be it holds 9- 2 1/2" balls but that is just a wild guess. I know carom balls are larger than the standard 2 1/4" balls of today. I bet Rubix Cube has a more definittive answer.

 

[Island Drive]

Could be the storage frame used to place the rack after each rack, on the wall.

 

[Black-Balled]

Always a wellington.

RIP, Mr. Bond.

 

[Eric M.]

Could be it holds 9- 2 1/2" balls but that is just a wild guess. I know carom balls are larger than the standard 2 1/4" balls of today. I bet Rubix Cube has a more definittive answer.

I was thinking the same thing. The table did come with 1 white 2 1/2" ball. But what game is played with that many carom (or 2 1/2") balls using a diamond rack?

 

[Bob Jewett]

It's probably for a 16-ball game. Those would rack in a larger triangle. I think poker pool uses 16 balls.

 

[iusedtoberich]

It's probably for a 16-ball game. Those would rack in a larger triangle. I think poker pool uses 16 balls.

Did they have 16 ball sets back then? Was it balls 1-16? Or something else?

 

[maha]

maybe just the rack that held the balls that came in that shape box when they were sold.

 

[Eric M.]

Not really a very good fit of 16 - 2 1/4" balls. I had to push from the top and bottom and still I couldn't get full contact with all the balls. I don't have enough 2 1/2" balls to try a fit with those.

Maybe it's for something besides billiards? This guy was a hoarder. The sellers tried to put similiar things together but they did include with this pool table, a dealer display cabinets for golf clubs thinking it was for cues.

 

[Eric M.]

maybe just the rack that held the balls that came in that shape box when they were sold.

That may be it. There is probably enough room to fit cardboard around each ball for protection during shipping. Kind of expensive piece of wood for packaging, with the curves, but labor was cheap back then.

 

[garczar]

It was invented by some visionary genius who knew that in 100yrs a bunch of people with no life(aka AZ'rs) would be arguing about his little joke.

 

[Island Drive]

GIANT ''APEX''

 

[Bob Jewett]

Did they have 16 ball sets back then? Was it balls 1-16? Or something else?

Suits and ranks like this, but I recall a different order.

 

[Eric M.]

Suits and ranks like this, but I recall a different order.
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2 1/4" or larger? Were they racked in a diamond formation?

 

[Bob Jewett]

2 1/4" or larger? Were they racked in a diamond formation?

I have no idea what sizes the poker sets were in 1910. Old Brunswick catalogs should help. I'm pretty sure they made smaller regular sets for home tables.

An old (1914) rule book describes the game with a 16 ball "triangle", but 16 balls don't form a triangle, so I think they must have meant a diamond.

 

[zencues.com]

Maybe a dual 9 and 10 ball rack?