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Treen Bilboquet - Ball & Cup Game
Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
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Treen Bilboquet - Ball & Cup Game

19th century
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A 19th century Bilboquet or ball and cup game made out of Lignum Vitae. Nicely turned column, minor wear to end of catcher cup, please study photographs. The ball also shows signs of age and use.

H 19 cm

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Digby Antiques (Wiltshire) has dated this Antique Treen Bilboquet Toy to the 19th Century.

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A 19th century Bilboquet or ball and cup game made out of Lignum Vitae. Nicely turned column, minor wear to end of catcher cup, please study photographs. The ball also shows signs of age and use.

H 19 cm

FOR UK DELIVERY ONLY

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Digby Antiques (Wiltshire) has dated this Antique Treen Bilboquet Toy to the 19th Century.

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Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
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A lathe-turned dark wood bilboquet featuring a slender stem, attached cord, and a polished wooden sphere resting atop the spindle.
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Archive I A lathe-turned dark wood bilboquet featuring a slender stem, attached cord, and a polished wooden sphere resting atop the spindle.

Treen Bilboquet - Ball & Cup game

Archive II A lathe-turned dark wood bilboquet featuring a slender stem, attached cord, and a polished wooden sphere resting atop the spindle. View II
Archive III A lathe-turned dark wood bilboquet featuring a slender stem, attached cord, and a polished wooden sphere resting atop the spindle. View III
Archive IV A lathe-turned dark wood bilboquet featuring a slender stem, attached cord, and a polished wooden sphere resting atop the spindle. View IV
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Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)

Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)
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A lathe-turned dark wood bilboquet featuring a slender stem, attached cord, and a polished wooden sphere resting atop the spindle.
Treen Bilboquet - Ball & Cup game
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A lathe-turned dark wood bilboquet featuring a slender stem, attached cord, and a polished wooden sphere resting atop the spindle.
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A bilboquet, commonly referred to as a cup and ball game, is a traditional skill toy consisting of a turned stem attached by a cord to a hollowed wooden ball, designed for catching the sphere on either end of the stem.

Historically, bilboquets were crafted using dense hardwoods such as boxwood, mahogany, fruitwood, or rosewood, coupled with natural linen or cotton cord.

Authentic period examples exhibit subtle circular hand-turning marks, a natural aged patina from frequent hand contact, slight wood shrinkage, and wear around the catching rim.

Small decorative treen objects like bilboquets can be arranged on a bookshelf, desk surface, or mantelpiece alongside antique leather-bound books and brass objects to introduce historical texture.

Keep the wood away from direct heat sources and fluctuating humidity to prevent splitting, cleaning gently with a soft dry cloth and applying a clear natural beeswax polish periodically.
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