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A.E. Schmidt

A.E. Schmidt

Billiard Table Manufacturer
Founded in 1850
St. Louis

The oldest family-owned billiard manufacturer in the U.S. was established by German immigrant Ernst Schmidt in 1850. Originally an ivory-turning business making household items such as coffee brewers and bowls for smoking pipes as well as billiard balls and 10-pin balls, A.E. Schmidt turned to billiard tables in 1882.