Antique Victorian c1870 - 3 BILLIARD Balls S.BARBIER Absolute Original PARIS Pictorial Elephant Medals BOX Start Price GBP 150.00 Current Price GBP 256.09 Time Left - Bid Count 6 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, August 27, 2008 End Time Monday, September 01, 2008 Location Up North See more about 'Antique Victorian c1870 - 3 BILLIARD Balls S.BARBIER' Description                 Antique Victorian c1870 - 3 BILLIARD Balls S.BARBIER Description  This is a fabulous set of 3 Billiard balls... 2 are cream and one has been stained red... most of which has worn off.. all the balls are in Superb original condition...see the close up pics. The box is 100% original too which is very rare... quite often these would have been thrown away long since.The box is pictorial on all sides .. the Elephants and other motifs look to have been impressed into the wood using good dies.. and then inked. The top says.. FABRIQUE DE BILLES, QUEUES , BANDES , BRUSSES , PROCEDES & ACCESSOIRES DE BILLIARDS ... S. BARBIER FILS .... 3, RUE BORDA  & RUE MONTGOLFIER. 10 ..EN FACE, L ECOLE CONTRALE ..PARIS. ...with an Elephant - 3 Billiard Balls - 10 Medals . With this same info on the front .the box has a small bit of wood missing at the front right side ..and the front hook is complete.. the hinges are just simple wires and the left hand side one is broken..this is minor detail as it could be mended easy .Looking inside you see it has the Original PAPER LABLE all about the contents. The balls are all in their own wooden slot ..and they now have tissue paper below them. The balls have natural drying out cracks.. nothing too bad ...see the photographs.    The balls are just short of 6cm dia and weigh approx ... 200grams each.The box is 23cm x 8cm x 7.5cm tall.     If a scale is shown it is in CENTIMETRES ... 2.5cm = 1 inchPlease just click on a picture of the item and a new window opens up where the photographs are all enlarged ..scroll through each one to make sure you have seen the beauty of the item. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Click here  GEORGIAN HOUSE COLLECTABLESto see my EBAY SHOP items which are BUY IT NOW or Best Offers..these items dont show up on normal Ebay searches.  <<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>> For my full Terms & Conditions please  View My About Me page  Please note the items I sell are antique or vintage and as such have been around for many years, they will show signs of use and whilst I will describe condition to the best of my ability, everyone has a different idea of condition.  Please study my photo's  and ask any questions before bidding.Payment by PAYPAL ~ DIRECT BANK TRANSFER or STERLING CHEQUE only Please ASK questions before bidding.  I SELL   WIDE                        diggerlee Store Place a Bid!