A late Victorian Renaissance revival ebonised oak and parcel gilt snooker/billiards table by Waring and Gillow, together with two late Victorian scoreboards by J. Bennett & Co. along with an ebonised and parcel gilt cue standthe snooker table and scoreboards circa 1900The projecting top edge above an ovolo form stiff-leaf and bead moulding, over a slightly ovolo frieze carved with an egg-and-dart lower border, each short end of the frieze with a swivel hinged chalk cup, on a total of eight large piers, the four end cluster piers each comprised of two engaged fluted Composite columns headed by an acanthus clasped volute scrolled corbel, the four central piers each comprised of one conforming column headed by a conforming corbel, each column with foliate wrapped baluster shafts terminating in gadrooned scrolled pedestals and plinth bases, the piers linked by eight ogee arches, the spandrels to each arch carved with volute scrolls, scrolled acanthus leaves and berried foliage centred by one of eight individualised masks variously depicting the gods and goddesses: Jupiter, Juno, Mercury, Silenus (or Bacchus), Mars, Minerva, Faunus and Ceres, with a lozenge block and a cluster of scrolled corbels below, the lettering to one short end reads: 'WARING & GILLOW, MANCHESTER', the table stamped: 'WARING & GILLOW LD., MANCHESTER' and also 'U28', the underside of the slate bearing: 'J.B.517', the two scoreboards comprising one for snooker and one for billiards, each of rectangular outline with dot and chevron-incised chamfered square section pilaster surrounds, interspersed by rosette angles and punctuated with trefoils, surmounted by fleur-du-lys finials, the reverse of each scoreboard with the ink stamp: 'From J. Bennett & Co., Billiard Table Makers, 9 Edward Street, Vincent Square, London, S.W.', the stand with fourteen recesses and brackets for cues, flanked by two spiral twist turned columns surmounted by acorn finials, above one long and one short frieze drawer, together with a modern ebonised and parcel gilt domed overhead light, a full set of balls, a triangle and a brush box, each scoreboard: 79cm wide x 15cm deep x 101cm high; the cue stand: 125cm wide x 35cm deep x 173cm high; the table: 383cm wide x 203cm deep x 88.5cm high, (150 1/2in wide x 79 1/2in deep x 34 1/2in high) ;the modern overhead light approximately: 290cm wide x 69cm deep x 54cm high. (5)Footnotes:ProvenanceBy repute of the current owner and vendor, the offered lot was purchased in 1989 from George Apter by the vendor's father. The present snooker table and accessories have remained within the family since that time, although unfortunately no paperwork remains to support this fact.It is important to note that the present lot will only be available to view at the vendor's property and that an appointment for this will need to be arranged directly between any interested party and the vendor. Please contact Thomas Moore, Head of Furniture, for more details of how to go about this in the meantime. Please be aware that the eventual successful buyer, once their payment for the item has completed, will then be required themselves to arrange collection and onward transportation of this lot from its current location at the vendor's property.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com