h.
Marks and decals
They
are often applied on the front of the cue butt so that, when a cue is
frequently used, they gradually
deteriorate and sometimes disappear.
1.
Engraved marks:
Here
are some European copies, in pretty good condition, from Van Laere, Horemans,
Hiolle, Basile, Hénin Aîné, Brunswick, Grivaud (Lyon),
Van de Kerckhove, Carrier & Laumé, Seguin, Barbier, Laprévote,
Klein, Brunswick, Brauers (BREV. is short for breveté and means
patented), Sampaio and G. Caro. The last one on the right is from Adorjan's
cue 'La Royale'.
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Finally,
American logos of Brunswick and Meucci.
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2.
Decals (the distinction between decal and sticker is not made in this
website):
Below
are copies from Van Laere, Horemans and Basile.
The
green Van Laere's decal is older than the red one.
Hiolle used the decal below with the blue and gold blazon and the inscriptions
Hiolle, C, M and Bté. S.G.D.G. (Bté. is short for Breveté).
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Hiolle,
Hénin, G. Caro, Gallia and Castor decals are French, Olympia (also
Van Eeken) and Wilhelmina (Cees van Oosterhout) are Dutch, Longoni and
Zenith are Italian, Wolsing, Bour and Braun are German, the last one (logo
made up of a billiard cue and the initials of Harald Fihl)
is Danish and the others are Belgian. Finally, American ones
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left
to right, an Adam and two Brunswicks.
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