![AN ELIZABETHAN REVIVAL OAK AND IVORY INLAID BILLIARDS CABINET , BY THURSTON & CO. LTD., LONDON, CIRCA 1900 | Christie's AN ELIZABETHAN REVIVAL OAK AND IVORY INLAID BILLIARDS CABINET , BY THURSTON & CO. LTD., LONDON, CIRCA 1900 | Christie's](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2011/CKS/2011_CKS_08014_0163_000(an_elizabethan_revival_carved_oak_billiard_table_by_thurston_co_ltd_ci011257).jpg?mode=max)
AN ELIZABETHAN REVIVAL OAK AND IVORY INLAID BILLIARDS CABINET , BY THURSTON & CO. LTD., LONDON, CIRCA 1900 | Christie's
![Antique billiards Print by William Henry Pyne 1825/ Rare Original Hand-colored Intaglio Print/ Engraved by G. Hunt, Etched by Williams - Etsy UK Antique billiards Print by William Henry Pyne 1825/ Rare Original Hand-colored Intaglio Print/ Engraved by G. Hunt, Etched by Williams - Etsy UK](https://i.etsystatic.com/5458815/r/il/75dc75/2930341813/il_fullxfull.2930341813_c4xr.jpg)
Antique billiards Print by William Henry Pyne 1825/ Rare Original Hand-colored Intaglio Print/ Engraved by G. Hunt, Etched by Williams - Etsy UK
![Image of Royal amusement in Versailles, Louis XIV playing billiards with Philippe by Trouvain, Antoine (1656-1708) Image of Royal amusement in Versailles, Louis XIV playing billiards with Philippe by Trouvain, Antoine (1656-1708)](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.JLJ.11488540.7055475/4585232.jpg)
Image of Royal amusement in Versailles, Louis XIV playing billiards with Philippe by Trouvain, Antoine (1656-1708)
![During the 17th Century billiards became very popular, both among ordinary citizens in public places and among the nobility who tended to own their own private tables. King James I (1603-1625) owned During the 17th Century billiards became very popular, both among ordinary citizens in public places and among the nobility who tended to own their own private tables. King James I (1603-1625) owned](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/RAPD1J/during-the-17th-century-billiards-became-very-popular-both-among-ordinary-citizens-in-public-places-and-among-the-nobility-who-tended-to-own-their-own-private-tables-king-james-i-1603-1625-owned-a-billiard-table-at-that-time-only-two-balls-used-one-belonging-to-each-of-two-players-rather-than-cues-players-used-a-mace-essentially-a-crooked-stick-with-a-sizeable-head-RAPD1J.jpg)