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Period: Late 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, cir...
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British Edwardian Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Brass
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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...
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North American Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
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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 ...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
19thc Original Painted Game Board From New England
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19Thc Original mustard painted on a black painted base trimmed in red pin striped.The condition is very good and a undisturbed surface.
Category
American Adirondack Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wool, Paint
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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...
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American Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Metal
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25% Off
Paint-Decorated "Snowflake" Parcheesi Gameboard, ca 1885
Located in York County, PA
PAINT-DECORATED "SNOWFLAKE" PARCHEESI GAMEBOARD IN CHEDDAR YELLOW & RED, circa 1885
Parcheesi game board, painted on a wooden plank with applied, molded trim. Rendered in red, whit...
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Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
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...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
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 Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
19th Century Sailor Carved Cribbage Board with Paddle Boat and Figural Pegs
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Sailor Carved Cribbage Board with Paddle Boat and Figural Pegs, signed "Vath, 1871," a folk art hand carved fruitwood cribbage board made to hang on a wall when not in u...
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German Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Fruitwood, Pine
Lovely circa 1890 Victorian Hardwood Games Compendium Chess Horse Racing Dice
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
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...
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English Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
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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.
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Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Stone
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...
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French Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Brass, Iron
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...
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British Early Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Bone
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 ...
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North American Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Wood
Jaques London Victorian Faux Book Chessboard Staunton Pieces & Hardwood Clock
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
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...
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English High Victorian Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Leather, Hardwood, Boxwood
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 Brother...
Category
North American Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Paper
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 Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Slate
$1,036 Sale Price
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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...
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Canadian Folk Art Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
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 Late 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...
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American Antique Late 19th Century Game Boards
Materials
Paper
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