William DeMuth 1930's patent billiard

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	MAKER
	William DeMuth Company
	COUNTRY
	United States
	SHAPE
	billiard shape 24
	YEAR
	1930's
	HEIGHT		LENGTH
	1 3/4 inches		5 3/4 inches
	BOWL		WEIGHT
	13/16 inch		34.2 grams
	ACQUIRED
	May 2008
	NOTES:
	Tenon is metal and accommodates a 5-6 mm. filter of DeMuth design and patent.

INSCRIPTIONS	SHANK: "WDC" in inverted triangle, "Royal / DeMuth [in Old English], "FILTER PAT'D / 1934," "IMPORTED BRIAR ROOT," "24" STEM: white triangle on top, "FILTER" on port side.

Original dark stain was brushed to resemble vertical flame grain. I stripped it to reveal really tight and tiny birdseye. The port side (left) shows overstain completely removed. The starboard side (right) shows remnants of vertical brushed stain at top. The remnants also obscure the starboard side birdseye.