B. Cues from the late 1800s to the early 1900s:

1. Probably Hiolle with mother-of-pearl inlays dating from the 1880s. Its '4-point' palissandre and maple butt is bevelled and adorned with two opposite triangular plates, one in mother-of-pearl and the other in wood.

The collar is only 19.0 mm in diameter and the ivory butt end

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is only half covered with leather (*).

The signature located near the butt end of this Hiolle dating probably from before 1900 (**) is supposed to be the oldest one of the whole collection of this site.

 

3. '4-point' Hiolle, signed on one of the four light-coloured points,

with butt end similar to the one of cue 6 and monogram.

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4. Signed '4-point' Hiolle, inlaid with mother-of-pearl

and finely carved.

5 to 7. Finck models from the 1880s (***):

nos. 89,

281

and 113 with added rectangular nameplate

made of Indian rosewood and adorned with various inlays, one of them being criss-cross. No. 281 is also carved and the other two are signed by their owners.

8. Signed '2-piece' Hénin Aîné. It weighs 580 g and is 142 cm long. Its '4-point' palissandre and maple butt is bevelled and adorned with two opposite triangular plates, one in mother-of-pearl and the other in wood. The butt end is made of ivory and the bumper of leather. The joint collar, also in ivory, is 20.5 mm in diameter. The maple shaft (not shown) is provided with a wood joint screw and a 13.5 mm in diameter ivory ferrule.

The butt is hand carved.

9. '2-piece' Hénin Aîné,.signed, uncommon.

Its maple and Brazilian rosewood shaft and butt have two opposite '4-point' splices. Its bevelled butt end is adorned with two triangular plates. The first one is made of wood and the second one, bearing the initials D B, of mother-of-pearl. Some details : weight = 540 g, length = 140 cm, diameters of the butt end, the joint collar and the ferrule = 35, 20.5 and 13 mm, respectively. Leather 'Double tip'.

10. Probably Hénin Aîné '4-point' cue, carved and provided with two opposite triangular plates, one of them in mother-of-pearl bearing the initials R P.

The carving of the amaranth and maple butt delimits 5 areas differently decorated.

11. Rounded 'Vignaux' style (****) two coloured veneers spliced Brunswick cue with American decal

and shaft provided with a brass screw.

It is probably a one piece No.18 converted in Europe into a '2-piece' cue.

Here is an enlargement of the decal.
According to the 'Blue Book of Pool Cues' of 2005
(page 189), its gold and red colours and its inscriptions

The Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co
Monarch Cushion
Trade mark

are of about the 1921-1925 period.

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(*) This allowed choosing the play material when the butt end was still used by sliding it on one of its triangles over the table.
(**) At that time, billiard cues were usually not signed.
(***) Identification by using photographs from the encyclopedia 'The Billiard Encyclopedia' written by Stein and Rubino in 1996.
(****) Rounded 'Vignaux' style, see Section L. 2. b.

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