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Period: 19th Century
Miniature Travelling Chess Set Game handmade & Pokerwork Board / Box, Circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a high quality handmade Miniature or travelling wood chess set game of 32 pieces in its own lidded pokerwork decorated box, which we date to the English Edwardian period, circa 1900.
This piece is all handmade. The chess set is complete with 32 wood chess pieces. The box is also handmade of wood, opening up to make a pokerwork chess board with further pokerwork design to the sides. All the pieces are hand carved, probably from boxwood with the black ones stained . The box has metal hinges and a brass fastener to keep the lid securely closed, with the pieces inside.
Overall a quality antique handmade, complete, travelling chess set...
Category
British Edwardian Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Brass
19th Century Bocce Balls, France, Set of Three
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Late 19th to early 20th century bocce balls, France, set of three
boxwood, iron and brass nails.
The first ball has the letters PP in brass, the second ha...
Category
French Folk Art Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Brass, Iron
19th Century American Folk Art Game Board
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century American folk art game board is a quintessential example of the ingenuity and aesthetic appeal found in traditional American crafts. Composed of alternating walnut ...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Maple, Walnut
Early 19th Century Folk Art Hand Painted Games Board
Located in London, GB
Early 19th Century Folk Art Hand Painted Games Board
A highly decorative example of a late 19th Century hand painted/crafted games board. Double sided with one side being painted by...
Category
British Folk Art Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
Jaques London Victorian Faux Book Chessboard Staunton Pieces & Hardwood Clock
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning original Victorian Antique Jaques of London faux leather folding book chessboard with the original Staunton Chess set dating to circa 1880, a travel chess set in the form of checkers pieces and lastly a Jacques of London Rosewood Chess clock...
Category
English High Victorian Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Leather, Hardwood, Boxwood
Early 19th Century American Double Sided Games Board
Located in Incline Village, NV
Very early American wooden games board; probably the oldest I have handled, this dates to about circa 1835 and exhibits the markings of a typical cottage industry type manufacture (not unlike very early Noah's Arks). Obviously entirely hand crafted; measurements are not exactly square (left to right; top to bottom), probably made of a local soft wood, and hand painted with squares not perfectly delineated. Black light and "loop" inspection reveals age crazing and original paint that, in conjunction with original wear and no attempt to touch up, dates it to the early 19th century. Most definitely American, as the last thing an English immigrant would have brought to America at that time would have been a game.
When closed, or in the folding position, the board game simulates and is made to look like two books resting side by side (see images), and thusly, was made to sit on a book shelf, either horizontally or vertically; and to be pulled out to play games when desired, which would have been either the game of checkers (draughts), chess, or backgammon. The board opens up to a two sided game option. On one side is the proverbial 64 square (English/ American version) of chess or checkers; and on the other side is a backgammon board. Both sides are hand painted in gold and black, with a rust colored border around the checkerboard. The interior backgammon play area is also black and gold with the same color rust area to the central part. Nail hinges in the center frame, pivot the two sides to open, while a leather covering borders the edge trim, which is 50% lacking on the hinge side. I state the condition to be good, considering it's age, it's use, and the fact that it is still very "usable" and, if taken care of, will probably continue to be so for nearly another 200 years!
The checkers, (12) black pieces and (12) yellow (the correct numbers) are hand carved in wood and hand painted. The backgammon pieces (stored in period wooden box) contain 14 yellow hand painted and carved pieces and (13) black ones. (15) of each color are used to play backgammon (simply use the checkers, which are just about the same size (see images) to make up the difference. Most antique game boards...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
19th Century Travelling Marble Solitaire Game with 33 Handmade Clay Marbles
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an original and complete game of travelling marble solitaire from the 19th century with 33 old clay and stone marbles, circa 1870.
This two-piece board has a fairly small di...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Stone
Italian Grand Tour Specimen Marble Chess Board
Located in Dallas, TX
Italian Grand Tour pietra dura specimen marble chess / checkers game board, rare and ancient marble squares, Italy, 1820s
Category
Italian Regency Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Siena Marble
19th Chinese Checkers Game Board with Original Paint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th Chinese checkers game board with original paint form Pennsylvania. beautiful colors and patina.
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
Large Victorian Games Compendium in Hardwood Jointed Box with Many Games
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a high quality large Games Compendium, complete with many individual games in its original hardwood storage box with a hinged lid.
All the pieces are well made and complete.
The box is very well made of a jointed hardwood, possibly red walnut and is a high quality piece in its own right.
The box has developed a lovely color and patination from use and wear.
The exterior has a brass oval inset into its top, a brass twin lever lock and brass hinges. The interior is sectioned into different sub compartments by hardwood dividers.
Many different games are included within the compendium, including;
55 piece 9 - spot dominoes
Chess set - Very good high quality set, large pieces( Kings 8.7 cm high) and glass eyes to Knights,
Draughts with 24 x turned hardwood pieces
Backgammon with 30 x turned hardwood counters
2 sets of playing cards and two Bezique marker boards
Hardwood turned dice shaker and various different dice
tiddlywinks
Pick up sticks...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Metal, Brass
19th C Original Painted Game Board
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C original painted game board. Nice original Salmon and black paint.
Category
North American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
19thc Wooden Folk Art Gaming Wheel with Original Red Paint & Cardinal Design
Located in Savannah, GA
19th Folk Art gaming wheel featuring four cardinals and hand painted numbers, it retains the original red and yellow paint. A charming piece of Americana that would make a colorful w...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Metal
Chess and Backgammon Lacquered Wood Board, China, Late 19th Century.
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Chess and backgammon lacquered wood board. China, late 19th century.
Category
Chinese Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Stone
Turn of the Century Wooden Checkerboard
Located in Nantucket, MA
Late 19th/early 20th century checkerboard with inlaid contrasting woods. Converted to wall hanging with felted reverse and hanging clip.
Category
Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
Napoleonic Prisoner of War Painted Casket Dominoes Set
Located in London, GB
Napoleonic Prisoner of war painted casket dominoes set
We share what we love, and we love this early 19th century Napoleonic prisoner of war hand painted ...
Category
French Folk Art Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Bone
19th C Checkerboard Game Board
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C original painted checkerboard game board.
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
19Thc Original Painted Game Board From Pennsylvania
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original Mustard & Red painted oversized game board in fantastic condition. The colors are perfect for any folk art collection. Great looking board !
Category
American Adirondack Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
19Thc Original Green & Brown Painted Game Board
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original Green & brown painted game board from Pennsylvania. Early cut nails and nice surface.
Category
American Adirondack Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
19th Century Complete Games Compendium in Hardwood Jointed Box Many Games
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a high quality Games Compendium, complete with over 8 individual games, all in its original hardwood storage box with a hinged lid.
All the pieces are well made and complete.
The box is made of a jointed hardwood, possibly red walnut and is a high quality piece in its own right.
The box has developed a lovely color and patination from use and wear.
The box lid has two brass hinges and two brass loop catches to secure it closed. The interior is sectioned into different sub compartments by hardwood dividers.
Many different games are included within the compendium, including;
Horse racing game...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Brass
19th C Original Painted Checkerboard
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C Original painted checkerboard.
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood, Paint
Paint-Decorated Game Wheel in Scarlet Red, Chrome Yellow and Black, Ca 1880
Located in York County, PA
American game wheel, made of wood, two-sided, with a fancy chrome spinner and long, metal pins. The polychrome-paint is simply a 10-out-of-10 in terms of color, graphics, and surface...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
Colorful Painted Sheet Metal Game Wheel ca 1890-1910
Located in York County, PA
COLORFUL PAINTED SHEET METAL GAME WHEEL ON A SHAPED WOODEN FRAME WITH A NICKLE-PLATED SPINNER, circa 1890-1910
Red, black, white, and green game whee...
Category
North American Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
Red, Black and Ochre White Painted Folding Backgammon Game Board, ca 1870-1890
Located in York County, PA
Red, black, and ochre white-painted, folding backgammon game board with leaf-like medallions, circa 1870-1890
American Backgammon and checker board, made of softwood, with a case ...
Category
North American Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Napoleonic Prisoner of War Dominos
Located in London, GB
POW Dominos 28
late 19th Century Napoleonic prisoner of war (POW) hand carved set of dominos, in a sliding painted lid box.
Size in inches: BOX H 5” x W 1.8” x D 1.2” (28 Domi...
Category
Unknown Folk Art Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Bone
19th Century Rustic Painted Game Table
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid to Late 19th Century rustic painted game table, a country Hepplewhite style game stand with painted checkerboard top enclosed within shallow raised ga...
Category
American Country Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Mahogany, Maple
Lovely circa 1890 Victorian Hardwood Games Compendium Chess Horse Racing Dice
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this original Victorian games compendium with a complete suite of games
This is a very well made and c...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
Antique Anglo-Indian Sadeli Cribbage Board
Located in Montreal, QC
This board is sandalwood and is intricately inlaid with geometric marquetry and ebonised lines as well as the pierced oblong panels required for the game. the back is set with an old...
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Bone, Mahogany
19th Century Hand Carved Prisoner of War 'POW' Domino Set
Located in London, GB
We are proud to offer a wonderful example of a mid-19th century hand carved Prisoner of War (POW) domino set. Made from mutton bone and hand carved with a detailed and carved motif b...
Category
German Victorian Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Natural Fiber
Hickory Dickery Dock Early Parker Brother Board Game
Located in York County, PA
Hickory Dickery dock: Early Parker Brothers board game with great cat & mouse and tall case clock graphics, 1900.
Patented in 1899 and produced in 1900, this colorful Parker Broth...
Category
North American Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Paper
Vintage Bocce Balls
Located in Napa, CA
Vintage set of bocce balls
1 large, 7 small, 4 croquet - 12 total vintage condition.
Category
Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Portrait Decorated Game Board
Located in Nantucket, MA
Late 19th century hand made and decoratively painted game board, circa 1890s to 1910, a checker or chess board with squares individually hand painted with miniature watercolor portra...
Category
American Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
19th Century Inlaid Game Board with Inlaid Fish, Initials, Dated 1863
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century inlaid game board, upper section with fish motif, initials "O.S.A.L." and date of 1863; lower section with elongated diamond, maple and ...
Category
Canadian Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Maple, Oak
19th Century Game Board in Original Painted Red and Black Original Surface
Located in Lambertville, NJ
19th century game board in original painted red and black original surface. Hand painted red and black with gold lines between boxes. Nice old...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
American Folk Art Game Board Chess Checker Board
Located in Wallkill, NY
Look at the wonderful original patina on this game board. What a great conversation piece or wall hanging. True Americana decor. Be sure to check our storefront for many more decorat...
Category
American Primitive Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
Rare Napoleonic POW Dominos Casket
Located in London, GB
Rare Napoleonic POW dominos casket
We are proud to offer a rare example of a late 19th century Napoleonic prisoner of war (POW) hand carved set of domi...
Category
British Early Victorian Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Bone
19th Century Original Painted Checkers Game Board
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th century “make do” original painted checkers game board shows an outstanding polychromatic original painted wood surface and is constructed from...
Category
American Other Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Pine
19thc Original Reverse Painted Game Board
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19thc Original reverse painted game board behind glass in original old surface frame.This red and black checker board is painted on the glass with ...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
19th Century Slate Paint Decorated Game Board
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic all original paint decorated game board is in fine condition with minor end chips or marks but does not detract from its amazing beauty and condition.
Category
American Adirondack Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Slate
American Painted Gameboard Featuring Cherubs, Ca 1870
Located in York County, PA
Masterpiece quality American game board with fancifully painted cherubs, ca 1870
This is one of the greatest American painted Parcheesi boards extant. The fine quality of this is ...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
ABC Picture Block Learning Game
Located in York County, PA
ABC picture blocks with beautiful lithographed illustrations of animals on the faces and lid. A learning tool for reading, circa 1870-1890, English orig...
Category
British Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Paper
Sag Harbor Whale Scrimshaw Cribbage Board
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Authentic Scrimshaw carved into and antique tortoise shell with brass legs. Carved aboard the Ship Argonaut. A whaling ship from Sag Harbor New York from 1814-1832. The detailed carv...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Tortoise Shell
Complete English Zebra Wood Backgammon Game Box, Circa 1830
Located in Hollywood, SC
English zebra wood backgammon game box. Game consist of board, two sets of 15 checkers, two pairs of dice, a doubling cube and pair of leather dice cups...
Category
English George IV Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Fine Shaped Burl Tabletop with Compass Star Inlay
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine English early 19th Century solid burl yewwood tabletop with molded edge and scalloped sides with mahogany and sycamore compass star inlay, the who...
Category
English William IV Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Yew
Paint Decorated Games Board
Located in Nantucket, MA
Paint decorated ochre and brown double-sided game board, one side with Canadian checkers, the other with Parcheesi, Canada, circa 1890.
Measures: 25 1...
Category
Canadian Folk Art Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Pennsylvania Backgammon Board, Signed "Wise"
Located in York County, PA
PENNSYLVANIA BACKGAMMON BOARD, SIGNED "WISE" WITH IMAGES OF A WAGON WHEEL AND A STAR OF DAVID, 1850-1880
Found near the town of Milford, in the northeast corner of Pennsylvania, is...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
"Visit to Camp" Rare Card Game by McLaughlin Brother of New York, Ca 1871
Located in York County, PA
“Visit To Camp,” an extraordinarily rare card game by mclaughlin brothers of new york, circa 1871.
This extremely rare card game, designed with Civil War context, was made by McLoughlin Brothers in New York City. The set includes 12 (complete) chromolithographed, character playing cards, and 68 (out of 72) object cards, with various accoutrements. All of the above are housed in a wooden storage box with a slide lid and a chromolithographed, paper label.
Played in an ad-lib, story-telling format, the characters include the Colonel, the Captain, the Zouave soldier with red pantaloons, the Rifleman, the Artilleryman, the Riding Master, the Musician, the Ferrier, the Surgeon, the Sapper (engineer), the Sutler (cook), and the Vi Vandeer (a woman who takes care of the troops).
Each character was originally linked to 6 objects, which were to be produced by players on demand during a spoken reading of the game’s convoluted story-line. There are actually 69 cards included here, one of which is an object card for “the Chinaman.” Since the card matches the style exactly in printing, shape, and scale, and since there was no Chinaman in this game, I presume that the card must have once accompanied another McLaughlin ad-lib deck.
The instructions (reproduced, in scale) list 13 possible players, with the 13th acting as narrator. I could locate only 3 other copies of this extremely rare game, all of which included 12 cards.
McLoughlin Brothers is said to have pioneered the systematic use of color printing technologies in children’s books. The publishing firm opened in 1820 and was active until 1920, when it was sold to Milton Bradley. During the early years, the product line included toys in addition to books, among which were games, blocks, and paper dolls. Artwork from famous illustrators such as Thomas Nast, William Momberger, Ida Waugh” (Laura Wasowicz), Justin Howard, and Palmer Cox...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Paper
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