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Games For Sale
Style: Folk Art
Color:  Brown
Large Marble Solitaire Board Game with 33 Early Handmade Clay Marbles
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a complete board game of marble solitaire with a large turned maple board from the 20th century and handmade clay or stone marbles from the mi...
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Early 20th Century English Folk Art Games

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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Late 19th Century French Folk Art Antique Games

Materials

Brass, Iron

Combination Board Game of Marble Solitaire and Tiddlywinks, circa 1925
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a complete combination board game of marble solitaire and tiddlywinks, dating to the early 20th century. This is a most unusual and very de...
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Early 20th Century English Folk Art Games

Materials

Glass, Hardwood

Late 19th Century Fairground Knock Down Figure
Located in London, GB
Jeu De Massacre Fairground Figure One of the finest examples of a late 19th Century fairground knock down figure we have had the pleasure to obtain, in ...
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Early 1900s French Folk Art Antique Games

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...
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1880s Unknown Folk Art Antique Games

Materials

Bone

Indoor Cricket Game Hand Made Wood Set of 18 Pieces, circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an original wooden Cricket Game, all handmade, comprising 18 pieces, for indoor use on a table or carpet, all dating to the late 19th or early 20th century, circa 1900. Th...
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Early 20th Century English Folk Art Games

Materials

Wood

Complete Handmade Game Box with Dominoes, Six Dice & Playing Cards, circa 1940s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good handmade Inlaid, lidded games box or compendium, complete with a 6-spot Dominoe set, 6 dice and a set of playing cards, which we date to the mid-20th century, circa 1940s. This is a lovely handmade Treen like games box set or compendium comprising; A complete set of handmade wood 6-spot dominoes with brass inlaid detail Six handmade wood dice with inlaid brass detail. A set of boxed...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art Games

Materials

Brass

French Wooden Table Top Football Soccer Game
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
French wooden table top football soccer game This is one for the Boys, it is a 1930s table football game from France, the game has the players in white ...
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Early 20th Century Folk Art Games

Materials

Wood

Large Vintage Carousel Handmade Erzgebirge Germany
Located in Kitzbuhel, AT
Large handmade carousel in wood. Decorated with African animals in two levels. Handmade and hand painted in Erzgebirge Germany circa 1930. Unique and very decorative item. No motor!
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Early 20th Century German Folk Art Games

Materials

Wood

Indoor Croquet Set Game for 7 Players in Jointed Wood Box, Early 20th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an original indoor or carpet croquet set game, coming with its own jointed wooden storage box, all dating to the early 20th century, circa 1930. This is a classic game of strategy and skill, fun to play for all age groups. The set has seven different colored balls and wood mallets...
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Early 20th Century English Folk Art Games

Materials

Metal

Early 20th C Game Board with Orig Painted Black and Red Squares
Located in Troy, MI
Found in England, this circa 1900 hand painted checker board with black and red squares and thin yellow and green outline at the outer border. Board is slightly bowed with age.
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Early 20th Century English Folk Art Games

Materials

Wood

Victorian Marble Solitaire Fine Hardwood Board with 33 Clay and Stone Marbles
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is an original and complete game of Marble Solitaire with a very good polished hand turned hardwood board and 33 early clay and stone marbles, all dating to the mid-19th century, Victorian period. The board is finely hand turned with good detail, made of well figured hardwood, possibly red walnut and sitting on three small bun feet. It has 32 equi-spaced holes with an additional one in the center and a gallery to the outer perimeter. This board is particularly good with a lovely mellow color, developed over many years of use and polishing. It comes complete with a full set of 33 ( 32 + one spare) early handmade playing marbles...
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Mid-19th Century English Folk Art Antique Games

Materials

Stone

Wood Lawn Bowling Game Original Caddy and Bowling Balls, circa 1900
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Lawn bowling set and caddy. The best orange and yellow paint. Great as a display or design accessory. Or play the game! Complete and as good as it gets. Includes 14 wood carved pins...
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Early 1900s North American Folk Art Antique Games

Materials

Wood

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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...
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Late 19th Century British Edwardian Antique Games

Materials

Brass

Chinese Wooden Block Printing Set, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese innovations in ink, block printing, and movable type fueled global advancements in printing technology, expanding the range of influence of the written word. These printing innovations can be attributed to Chinese Buddhist devotees, who embraced woodblock printing as an important vehicle to spread sutras and good spirits. Though the printing press is said to have been invented in China, it never offered the same efficiencies to Chinese culture as it did in the West, due to the near endless numbers of Chinese characters and the labor involved in manipulating them. Enclosed in a contemporary wooden frame, each of the miniature wood blocks included in this early 20th-century type set was hand-carved with a Chinese character. Each is a unique and wonderful curiosity, providing an unusual look at a moment in time. Each set contains approximately 70 individual tiles.
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Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Games

Materials

Wood

Antique Chinese Mahjong Tile Game Set with Case C1900
Located in Big Flats, NY
Antique Chinese Mahjong Tile Game Set with Case C1900 Measures- 8''H x 9.5''W x 6.5''D
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Early 20th Century Chinese Games

Materials

Wood

Monumental and Unusual Folk Art Stage Coach Figure and Horses, 1927
Located in Buffalo, NY
Monumental and unusual Folk Art stage coach figure and horses, 1927. All hand executed, amazing detail, working lamps, velvet interior on coach.
Category

1920s American Folk Art Vintage Games

Materials

Leather, Velvet, Plaster

Late 19th Century Pennsylvania Miniature Walnut & Pine Paneled Chest of Drawers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Late 19th century miniature two-drawer chest of drawers. With paneled sides and turned feet and knobs. Cosisting of Walnut with a pine secondary and nail construction. Fo...
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Games

Materials

Walnut, Pine

Charming French Papier Mache and Wood Large Antique Horse, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
With original leather bridle, saddle, head-dress and accompanying booklet. A wonderful thing, beautiful patina.
Category

19th Century French Antique Games

Materials

Leather, Wood, Paper

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...
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1880s English High Victorian Antique Games

Materials

Leather, Hardwood, Boxwood

Michael Graves Backgammon Game Set, circa 2000
Located in New York, NY
A backgammon board designed by famed architect Michael Graves. Imported, circa 1990. Signed with metal tag. Finely constructed of cherry stained hardwood and veneers. Features ...
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Games

Materials

Wood, Resin

Early 19th Century Austrian Hiking Staff
Located in Chicago, IL
This one-of-a-kind Austrian hiking staff has been handcrafted from solid oak. Oak is a relatively lightweight yet sturdy material, which lends itself perf...
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Early 19th Century Austrian Folk Art Antique Games

Materials

Silver, Brass

Late 19th Century Sailor's Knot Board
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Sailor's Folk Art Knot Board, circa 1880s, an intricate and elaborate array of approximately 41 bends, hitches, knots, splices, rigging and other fa...
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Games

Materials

Rope, Oak

Late 19th Century Sailor's Knot Board
Late 19th Century Sailor's Knot Board
H 24 in W 33.5 in D 1.13 in
Rare French, Early 19th Century Napoleonic Medal Cabinet
Located in Worpswede / Bremen, DE
Rare French early 19th century Napoleonic medal cabinet on four gilt bronze pawfeet, a hinged door to the top and front opening to reveal four drawers containing 184 very fine bronzed plaster medals...
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Early 19th Century French Empire Antique Games

Materials

Plaster, Wood, Paper

Opulent 18th Century Baroque Reliquary of Blood of Saint St. Francis '15th Cent'
Located in North Miami, FL
Opulent 18th century Baroque carved giltwood reliquary (a container for relics) monstrance with curled scroll design. It houses a first-class relic of the blood of the15th Century sa...
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15th Century and Earlier Rococo Antique Games

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

Previously Available Items
19th Century Napoleonic Prisoner of War Game Set
Located in London, GB
Napoleonic prisoner of war game set An aged example of an early 19th Century mutton bone hand crafted prisoner of was games set. Including a slide top sec...
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1820s French Folk Art Antique Games

Materials

Bone

Vintage Mechanical Hand-Painted Wind-Up Duck on Bike
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage style mechanical tin metal wind-up duck on bike. In good working order This vintage style wind-up toy is made of beautify printed tin. Use the key to wind up the colorfully dressed happy duck...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Folk Art Games

Materials

Metal

Marble Solitaire Game Hardwood Board 33 Agate Mineral Stone Marbles, circa 1930s
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very attractive complete game of Marble Solitaire with a hand turned hardwood board and 33 beautiful agate mineral stone marbles, probably French and all dating to the first half of the 20th century, circa 1930s. The circular hand turned board is made of hardwood, probably mahogany, with a very good grain figure. The board has 32 equi-spaced holes with an additional one in the centre and a gallery to the outer perimeter. The board has developed a nice soft color and patina from many years of use. It comes complete with a full set of 33 (32 Plus 1 spare) early handmade playing marbles. Early marbles are very collectable in their own right and the marbles in this set are nominally about 9/16 inches in diameter. They are made from agate or mineral stone with a mixture of some lovely colors. Popular in the court of Louis the XIV, the game was supposedly invented by a nobleman incarcerated in the Bastille in France during the 17th century and was popular in the court of Louis XIV. It is a challenging game for the fan of strategy and skill and became one of the more popular games of the last few 100 years. To play, place all 32 marbles with one hole left unoccupied in the middle of the board. The objective is simply to remove all but one of the marbles by jumping one marble over another, similar to the game of Draughts. The marble jumped is removed to the gallery around the side of the board. This is a particularly nice set, with a very good hand turned board and beautiful agate marbles!
Category

Early 20th Century French Folk Art Games

Materials

Stone

Early 20th Century Fairground Roulette Game
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century fairground roulette game A highly decorative and character filled early 20th Century fairground roulette stye game. With its worn and...
Category

1940s British Folk Art Vintage Games

Materials

Pine

Early 20th C Game Board with Orig Painted Black and Gold Squares and Red Edges
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1900 hand painted game board found in England. Red edges with gold crown motif and black and gold squares. Makes a great wall piece. Unknown maker.
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Early 20th Century English Folk Art Games

Materials

Wood

19th Century Napoleonic Prisoner of War Dominos Set
Located in London, GB
19th Century Napoleonic Prisoner of War dominos set We are proud to offer a set of hand carved mutton bone prisoner of war dominos. 48 dominos in total which come encased in a hand carved wooden sliding lid box...
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1880s French Folk Art Antique Games

Materials

Bone, Pine

Large Wooden Folk Art Chess table top or Checkers Game Board
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Wooden Folk Art game board for chess or checkers. The large board is hand crafted with inlay surrounding each individual square. The frame of the board has a slight bevel adding to ...
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Late 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Games

Materials

Fruitwood, Oak, Wood

Antique English Skittles/Lawn Bowling Wood Game Set
Located in Chicago, IL
Large antique English skittles/lawn bowling game set. Set includes 11 pins 18.5” by 6”, 2 big balls 10” diameter and 4 small 5" diameter.
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Early 1900s British Folk Art Antique Games

Materials

Wood

Early 20th C Game Board with Original Painted Black Squares and Hearts
Located in Troy, MI
Circa 1900s wooden game board found in England has its original paint in red/orange and black checkerboard embellished with hearts at the sides. Unknown maker.
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Early 20th Century English Folk Art Games

Materials

Wood

Handmade Boxwood Chess Set Complete Game Pine Lidded Box 78mm Kings, circa 1920
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good and complete handmade, boxwood chess set game of 32 pieces in a good jointed pine box with a sliding lid, which we date to the earlier part of the 20th century, circa 1920 period, or possibly earlier. The chess set is complete with 32 handmade and turned boxwood pieces, the black pieces being stained. The box is handmade of pine with a compartment separator, jointed corners and a good fitting sliding lid, all having a good color. Kings are 78mm high (about 3~1/16inches) Pawns about 35 mm high (1~3/8 inch) Overall a good handmade boxed chess set.
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Early 20th Century British Folk Art Games

Materials

Boxwood, Pine

Large Size American Carnival Double Gaming Wheel "Choice of Stand"
Located in Savannah, GA
This large size double very colorful standing carnival wheel is an incredibly rare gaming device, and is a particularly special double-wheel model. The i...
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Early 19th Century American Folk Art Antique Games

Materials

Metal

Early 20th Century Scratch-Built Pine and Metal English Fairground Gaming Wheel
Located in London, GB
We are proud to offer a charming example of an early 20th century scratch-built pine and metal fairground gaming wheel. In full working order with lead weighted dial. Size: Box: ...
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1920s European Folk Art Vintage Games

Materials

Pine

Antique, New and Vintage Games

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