A very nice set of 4 lawn bowls by Jaques & Son , London, and the Jack or Kitty, England, Ca 1880 Perimetre: 38 cm Lignum Vitae The bowls are marked with S. initial on one side and on the other S.+ numbers from 1 to 4. In very good original condition, with some traces of wear, with very nice patina. Tracked shipping. Please, see detailed photos. Jaques & Son: Dating itself from 1795 when Thomas Jaques, a farmer’s son of French Huguenot descent, set up as a "Manufacturer of Ivory, Hardwoods, Bone, and Tunbridge Ware” the company gained a reputation for publishing games under his grandson John Jaques the younger, in particular:Lawn bowls, croquet, golf etc.. Bowls or lawn bowls is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green which may be flat (for "flat-green bowls") or convex or uneven (for "crown green bowls"). It is normally played outdoors (although there are many indoor venues) and the outdoor surface is either natural grass. Lignum Vitae wood was once very important for applications requiring a material with its extraordinary combination of strength, toughness, and density.