Possibly the most interesting cues in the Heritage Collection are the cues described as being ‘French Marquetry cues. They are certainly worth their own artcle to show them. The fine examples in the collection are illustrated below.
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The above pictures show the inlay work and colours of the inlays from different views of the same cue.Some of the intricate veneer work can just bee seen, on the centre picture, where the butt section and shaft of the cue are joined.
ref 325 – 333
The cue shown in picture 325, not only has wood inlay work but also thin brass wire round the wood inlay as well as other shaped brass pieces, again it has a fancy series of splices between the shaft and butt sections. The inlay work on the cue in picture 333 is very fine with details finishing in delicate swirls.
ref 325 – 328
We think that the more simple inlay on the cue in picture 335 is probably ivory but it could be bone. The work is done on a hand spliced ebony butted cue. The cue in picture 328 has some interesting work of figures and flowers.
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The inlay of flowers and stem with a mother of pearl inserted veneer on the cue in picture 338 is particularly attractive. The figure inlayed in the cue in picture 342 seems to be of well armed soldier, sadly the colours have some what faded and so the image has lost some of the detail that the colours would have given it.
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The two pictures above are of the same cue showing the two sides which have ‘flats’. The cue maker made one with a bone or ivory veneer the other with an exotic hardwood veneer.
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