Early 20th Century Tavern Games Board

Early 20th Century Working Black Grouse Decoy, As expected wear. Straw stuffed Fabric Sweden Circa 1950

Impressive and amusing lifesized Pygmy goat, made by Tuilerie du Mesnil de Bavent commonly referred to just as Bavent. Wonderful used condition with expected craquelure to the glaze ...

Collection of 10 Sectional Wood Artist Geometric Forms, some of which breakdown into smaller fragments by design. Some historical labels. Expected wear. Italy circa 1900.

Impressive early 20th century bronze lantern. Good light natural verdigris patination. Rewired England Circa 1900.

19th Century Swedish prep table, dry scraped base, with remnant paint finish, nice clean scrubbed plank boards. Large drawer. Good wear and patination. Sweden Circa 1900.

Pair of small Early 20th century iron urns, extraordinary surface of weathered enamelling leaving a wonderful faded powdery blue. France Circa 1920.

A whimsical and playful early 20th century leopard-form mancala game board carved with the board resting on the leopard's back and with a patina that only a hundred years of use coul...

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...

Prepare to be captivated by this extraordinary early 20th century American Folk Art game board, a true marvel of craftsmanship and creativity. Constructed meticulously from a stagger...

Original surface game board.

This unusual game board is a round reversible and is in black paint with a cow on the reverse. It came out of a unusual Folk Art collection. I've never seen a game board like this on...

Paint decorated ochre and brown double-sided game board, one side with Canadian checkers, the other with Parcheesi, Canada, circa 1890. Measures: 25 1...