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A Royal Billiards Table For Sale At Harrods

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This might be one of the most beautiful billiard tables ever created. The black walnut billiard table was commissioned for Queen Victoria's Jubileee Exhibition in Manchester in 1887 and created by Orne & Sons Ltd. The cushion friezes are decorated with ribbons of quotations from Shakespeare, Tennyson, Scott and Byron embellished with over fifty species of wild flowers and native British birds. Beneath the friezes are two long and six short panels depicting numerous countries. Between the panels and above each leg are carved portraits including William of Normandy, Henry I, Henry II, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, Edward II, Edward IV, Elizabeth of York, James I and Charles I.

The matching cupboard is shaped like a door carved with seven panels. The upper four coats of arms show Victoria during the most important stages in her reign. The central horizontal section features Victoria and Albert beside Windsor Castle and the lower section depicts the royal residences of Holyrood and Caernavon. The second section slides open to expose a game with stars and colored counters, which can be rotated to form a scoreboard. The set is at Harrod's for £1 million.

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Brunswick Billiards Launches New Manhattan Table

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Pool tables may have a timeless history but it doesn't hurt to give an old game a fresh, modern look. With stainless-steel legs and a maple finished top the Manhattan is the contemporary of Brunswick Billiards' line of pool tables. They've been in business since 1845 so surely they know their stuff when it comes to billiards. Their new Manhattan table will cost you $16,999 but if you think of it as a family investment that will be cherished for generations (or a friendly past time that will make your pad the party location for years to come) it's not so bad.

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