FRENCH, 18TH CENTURY

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A TURNED IVORY BIBLOQUET
FRENCH, 18TH CENTURY
6 in. (15.5 cm.) long

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Lot Essay

The French game bibloquet,was invented in the sixteenth century and was popular in the royal courts of Europe. It involves swinging the ball onto the end of the stick, and it was exported throughout the world during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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