Bea
Bea
Hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind Russian baltic birch crokinole boards, inlaid with domestic and exotic veneers ranging from different types of mahogany, oak, walnut, maple and birdseye maple, etimo, poplar, cherry, teak, rosewood, lacewood, walnut and several others including some we cannot identify. Some are composite veneers used for borders. Comes with one set of playing discs (with 2 extras of each colour), a disc pouch, board powder, printed rules, and a handmade point tracker.
Dimensions
31 inches wide
26 inch wide playing surface
1/2 inch tall playing surface
1 5/8ths inch tall rail
2 inch gutter
Bea
Probably from Viatrix, a feminine form of the Late Latin name Viator meaning "voyager, traveller". It was a common name amongst early Christians, and the spelling was altered by association with Latin beatus "blessed, happy". Viatrix or Beatrix was a 4th-century saint who was strangled to death during the persecutions of Diocletian.
In England the name became rare after the Middle Ages, but it was revived in the 19th century, more commonly in the spelling Beatrice. Famous bearers include the British author and illustrator Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), the creator of Peter Rabbit, and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938-).