A Brief History of Billiards and the Tools of the Trade
1810
Tools of the trade in 1818. Mace (top), balls of various sizes, a cue and a wooden bed billiard table.
White records in his book A Practical Treatise on the Game of Billiards, that the cue was the most widely used implement and is preferred by all the best players. The form of the cue was much the same as it is today except that it was generally lighter, being made from a single piece of wood.