![]() NB The 10 and 200 holes do not currently have rings - see text above for the explanation. The cue is a recently-purchased 42 inch Peradon Merit the old cues we had were either not quite straight or had no tip. Mushrooms may have been placed on either side of that hole at times. There are 3 red mushrooms, which are usually placed in front of the 50 and 200 holes, although faint chalk crosses on the baize near the 100 hole suggest that If there was a D marked on the baize at the start position, it must have faded. The leather(?) covering at the baulk end is triangular rather than rectangular. The rubber in the cushions has gone hard over time, and there is no give. The baize is slightly 'moth-eaten' in places,īut not enough to spoil the play. The table is not in pristine condition but it is good enough for our current level of skill, and we enjoy playing. ![]() Values of the holes are marked in gold on the top of the wood surround, and on the top edge of back of the chute tray. The baize area of the table is 4ft x 2 ft, it has the full complement of 9 holes (10, 20x2, 30x2, 50x2, 100, 200), arranged in the usual positions. On ebay and Youtube of various-sized table-top tables in 20. ( ) which mentions, rather disparagingly, sightings I have looked online but have not come across anything remotely similar apart from in a thread on the British Bar Billiards forum Leicester so it is at least 50-something years old! I don't know exactly how old it is, as there is no date or maker's mark on it that I can see I remember playing on it in the 60s when the family lived in It was always referred to asĪ 'Russian Billiards' table rather than a 'Bar Billiards' table. I have recently resumed, after decades of the table being propped against a wall, using a very old table-top Russian Billiards table. ![]() Table-top Russian Billiards table Table-top Russian Billiards table Background
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