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'.

Hénin Aîné Paris....Brunswick

Grivaud.....

Carrier & Laumé....

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..Brunswick's Monarch..Engraved marksAdorjan's La Royale

Finally, American logos of Brunswick and Meucci.

Brunswick U.S.A. ..

2. Decals (the distinction between decal and sticker is not made in this website):

Below are copies from Van Laere, Horemans and Basile.

Green Van Laere

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).

Decals1 ; ..Olymp & Corin..Decalls2 . .

 

Longoni..Tremerie.(. Gallia. Duque .Wilhelmina ..

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.eSBee ....

Castor........... ..

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

Adam...... ....

left to right, an Adam and two Brunswicks.

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