Identity of an older table

[Rangercap]

A friend of mine has an old "Brunswick" (as I was told) table that I helped her husband level and recover. The one striking thing about the slate was that the pockets were cut "square" in the slate on the corners, and triangular for the sides, and the actual pocket radius was a piece of wood, with a small ~ 3/8" round-over fillet.

Has anyone seen a table like this in their travels? Any idea as to what manufacturers made table slates in this fashion? The table had a locking/sliding ball tray/drawer and the return system was wooden, not the tubular type seen on the older brunswick balke collanders.

She was told it was an old brunwick, but I have not seen anything like it on thier website.

Brian

 

[SlateHumper]

wood pocket inserts

Most tables in the late 1800s had a wooden pocket radius. The technology wasn't available yet, to machine the slate so precisely. This post http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=43681
shows a picture of what you are describing. Consistent with the age, YES it would have had six wood ramps as a ball return.

 

[Rangercap]

Thanks. I should have taken pictures before we covered it, but didn't have a camera. Thanks for confirming a date. Any idea if Brunswick supplied a sliding, locking ball drawer on these old tables? The table has a BBC nameplate, but I have a feeling that it was put there as a replacement. But it might have replaced an original brunswick nameplate...

 

[cueball1950]

Thanks. I should have taken pictures before we covered it, but didn't have a camera. Thanks for confirming a date. Any idea if Brunswick supplied a sliding, locking ball drawer on these old tables? The table has a BBC nameplate, but I have a feeling that it was put there as a replacement. But it might have replaced an original brunswick nameplate...

gO OVER TO THE ccb BOARD ON BILLIARDS DIGEST AND ASK #### LEONARD ABOUT THIS TABLE. HE HAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE ON BRUNSWICKS. iF HE CAN'T ANSWER YOU ASK HIM FOR THE NAME OF THE COMPANY THAT DOES THE RESTORATION ON ALOT OF THE OLDER TABLES....HOPES THID HELPS..............MIKE.....dam cap locks,,,,sorry

 

[SlateHumper]

gO OVER TO THE ccb BOARD ON BILLIARDS DIGEST AND ASK #### LEONARD ABOUT THIS TABLE. HE HAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE ON BRUNSWICKS. iF HE CAN'T ANSWER YOU ASK HIM FOR THE NAME OF THE COMPANY THAT DOES THE RESTORATION ON ALOT OF THE OLDER TABLES....HOPES THID HELPS..............MIKE.....dam cap locks,,,,sorry

ccb=BBC ? Fact of matter... Brunswick started in Cincinnati in the 1840s as well as National Billiard that started in Cincinnati in the 1880s. J.M.Brunswick was a carriage maker before he started making pool tables.