19th Century Games

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...

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...

19th century child’s mahogany Bagatelle table, circa 1840, mounted on a period custom base. The shallow rectangular mahogany case is hinged to open as ...

An antique wooden playing card box with two sets, one hundred and four, of old playing cards. Late 19th century, England.

An exceptional carved walnut full size billiard table and accessories by Cox & Yeman. London, circa 1880. One end bearing an ivorine la...

Anglo-Indian 'Sadeli' bone and ebony inlay chessboard and backgammon box.

Swedish Backgammom Box in Curly Karelian Birch with Playing Pieces, Swedish Empire (Karl Johan) 1820/30s. Complete with two Die made in bone and Playing Pieces for two players. This beautifully crafted backgammon box...

Antique late-19th century Victorian walnut cased games compendium, the interior comprising a chess set, draughts, dominoes, dice, cribbage board with markers, leather bound boards for games, playing cards, droughts counters, a dice shaker...

Anglo-Indian Bone inlay Ebony Chess Board 'Sadeli' work box.

Antique late-19th Century Victorian walnut cased games compendium. The box itself is protected by a lock and key, the lid applied with decorative brass playing cards, surrounded by c...

A fine quality Regency period Rosewood and Satinwood inlaid chess table, raised on a square section pedestal with canted brass mounted corners, rais...

Lovely antique game box, made of mahogany. The box contains several games, with many bits and pieces. Not all complete. It is obviously that there h...

Swedish antique bowling set from the mid 19th century, around 1850. The set, a skittles or ninepins game as it’s also known, has nine pins in pine ...

Antique late-19th century Victorian burr walnut cased games compendium, the interior comprising a chess set, draughts, dominoes, dice, cribbage board with markers, leather bound boards for games, playing cards, droughts counters, a dice shaker...

Wood and leather game box for chess, Nine men’s morris and Backgammon Italy, 19th century 33 x 33,3 x 11,2 cm Nine men’s morris also known as mill game (merelles, from the Latin wor...

Game box, 19th century. Napoleon III period game box, 19th century in precious wood marquetry. Measures: H: 5 cm, W: 22 cm, D: 13 cm.

Antique walnut wooden boxes suitable for containing chess. You can choose among these four: -the first has an inlaid flower on the lid O/7400, cm33x15x...

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...

A beautiful mahogany framed scoring cabinet by Cox & Yeman circa 1890, featuring hand painted sliding panels ,revolving numbers and a central slate panel....

This a good example of a 19th century Scottish Lignum Vitae carpet or lawn ball. Lignum Vitae is one of the hardest woods and has always been the wood of choice for carpet, lawn and ...

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...

Brass Game Score Counters. A pair of Victorian brass, gun metal, whist game score markers. The top of the circular counter rotates to reveal the scor...

19th century French bistro lawn bowling set. 6 pins and 3 bowling balls. Bowling Balls are smooth where the fingers have been placed. Various sizes of pin...

This a good example of a 19th century Scottish Lignum vitae carpet or lawn ball. Lignum Vitae is one of the hardest woods and has always been the wood of choice for carpet, lawn and bocce balls. The ball is detailed with the inlaid engraved bone initials "SA" at one side and a bone circle a the other. The stand can be exchanged for a shorter stand.

19th Century reverse painted glass games board We share what we love, and we love the decorative nature of this stunning English 19th Century reverse painted glass games board. With aged surface across the glass reflection and wooden frame. With a glance of old news paper...

This rare Victorian mahogany 12 player life pool scoreboard features sliders that open to reveal counters and stars. The makers, Burroughes & Watts, are a we...

This is an excellent antique mahogany pool scoreboard by Palmer & Sons, London late 19th century in date. This is one of the best examples of a pool scoreboard, with nine slides and a moulded pediment above the maker's label: PALMER & SONS, 111, HIGH STREET, BORO', LONDON Together with two prints in oak frames, THE RULES OF POOL & THE RULES OF PYRAMID POOL, Burroughes & Watts, London. Provenance: Sotheby's Belgravia sale on 6th December 1979 of World Champion Billiards/Snooker player 'Joe Davis' This is a fun piece which is sure to attract a lot of attention from your guests and be a welcome addition to any games room.. THE BOTANICAL NAME FOR THE MAHOGANY THIS ITEM IS MADE OF IS SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA AND THIS TYPE OF MAHOGANY IS NOT SUBJECT TO CITES REGULATION. Condition: In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 65 x width 44 x depth 9 - scoreboard Height 58 x width 41 x depth 2.5 - print with frame Dimensions in inches: Height 25.6 x width 17.3 x depth 3.5 - scoreboard Height 22.8 x width 16.1 x depth 1.0 - print with frame Burroughes & Watts, London - firm, which would become one of the most famous of the English billiard table manufacturers, was founded in 1836 by William Burroughes in partnership with F. Watts. William had learnt his trade with Thurston's, and set up his new business at 19 Soho Square, London. He brought with him from Thurston's all the latest innovations for billiard tables, immediately starting to produce models with rubber cushions and slate beds. Even though the natural rubber cushions would give extremes of elasticity according to temperature, and the slates where only an inch thick, this was to be the future of billiard tables, and Burroughes and Watts were at the forefront from the very beginning. They were quickly recognised as a world-class manufacturer and received a prize medal for a table entered for the Great Exhibition of 1851, with a similar award being received at the subsequent London Exhibition of 1862. In 1860 they were making a modest 150 full-sized tables a year, but by the end of this decade production had doubled. In 1869 they followed the lead of Thurston's and improved their cushions with "vulcanised" rubber, which were designed to minimise the effect of temperature variations. The business now looked for expansion away from London, and in the early 1870's they opened up branches in Dublin and Belfast. At this time most tables in Ireland were made with cast iron frames, and the wooden framed Burroughes & Watts tables proved popular with the locals. In 1873 the company secured a major contract for billiard tables to "Her Majesty's War Department and Admiralty" and around the same time received the warrant of Queen Victorian and Edward, Prince of Wales. The following year, the champion, William Cook...

A terrific pair of mid-19th century carved wood bowling balls. A great accessory for any tabletop or bookcase.

An exquisite and exceptiionally rare Spanish billiard marker by Mayol Y Poch of Barcelona circa 1880. Probably made from Madera wood. A high end ...

By I. & D. Smallwood Makers Birmingham, major makers for these levels. The long rosewood implement with brass attachments. With both inches, foot and millimeter measurements. Missing...

Pair of 19th century juggler's pins with beautiful black and gold painting. A whimsical sculptural accent with unique history. England, cir...

An exceptionally rare and fine quality Billiards marker by Thurston of London circa 1860 Constructed from an excellent cut of English oak with a shaped pediment. There are four...

Early left hand hickory golf club. This early large head hickory shafted lofting iron has a smooth face, hickory shaft and the remains of the original sheepskin grip. This is a fine...

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...

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...

Antique 19th century English Victorian era walnut chess table, circa 1885.

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...

Scared head golf club, driver, by Willie Park. A well loved long nose golf club, driver, made by Willie Park of Musselburgh. The stained and polished beech-wood head in good conditi...

Early dice gambling wheel by H.C. Evans & Co, in Chicago, IL. Original condition, with stand. H. C. Evans & Company of Chicago was once a leading manufa...

Inlaid wooden checkerboard from England, dating to the early 19th-century. An attractively patinated piece, it conceals an additional solo noble bo...

An exceptional, fine and impressive antique enamel and English silver filigree box; an addition to our silver ornamental collection. This except...

Cricket belt buckle, The Eleven. Brass-coloured cast metal belt buckle with raised images mounted on a flat plated metal back plate. The piece is attached to the back plate via metal pins at each of its corners that pierce the buckle and are flattened out on the reverse. On the reverse of the back plate there is also a loop and hook for a belt. The raised scene features eleven figures in varied cricketing poses wearing plain, stripped and patterned shirts, a time before 'cricketing whites' were introduced. All the gentlemen have facial hair, be it a beard, mustache or sideburns with four of the gentlemen with cricket bats, two in bowling stances, one is behind the wickets, one is attaching his pads and three are fielding. A wonderful piece of cricket memorabilia...

Antique long nose, deep faced golf club, Robert Forgan, St Andrews. A very good beechwood long nose deep face golf club, long spoon by Robert Forgan of St Andrews. This great lookin...

An unusual miniature mahogany Billiard Bagatelle board, having green baize surface with inset numbered cups flanked by boxwood & ebony score peg-holder...

Set of wooden indoor or ships deck curling stones. Four rare and unusual miniature wooden curling 'stones'. The 'stones' are made of two halves of wood ...

Antique Long Nose Golf Club, McEwan Of Musselburgh. A fine long nose golf club, spoon by McEwan of Musselburgh. This club has a wonderful and grac...

Transporting antique English gaming wheel crafted in pine darkened by aged shellac with leather stopper and decoupaged numbers 1 through 30 and se...

The ‘Royal Cabinet of Games’ by Charles Henry, 22 King Street, Manchester, constructed in figured walnut with coromandel edging, enclosing various games including chess, backgammon &...

Faro case keeper in spades by B.C. Willis & Co., 666 E. Columbia St. Detroit, Michigan. This counter is folding type of walnut veneer measuring about 12" square. The suit of cards is illustrated with the Ace showing crossed American flags with red counters on the bars. An interesting counting device by a well known maker. Faro was the highest stake gambling game in the mining towns of the Old West, Virginia City...

Keno goose, board, and cards. 22" H with dark mahogany stain. At the base is a 4" felt-lined cup for the balls. The 10" x 16" maple board has 90 numbered holes on the lower section, ...

This item is from a collection of "magic" props from a California estate, and was accumulated in New York City; home too many famous conjurors; Houdini, Hermann the Great, and Copper...

Emile Hurtré French Art Nouveau Billiard table. Made by award-winning artisan E. Gueret (Médaille d’Or 1889). Hurtré is best known for h...

A Victorian leather archery hip quiver. An unusual small green leather archery arrow side hip quiver. The quiver comes with a selection of four arrows, three are target arrows. Two ...

Antique Scared Head Long Nose Golf Club. A long nose lofted club in great condition, maker unknown. The golf club has a blond beech-wood head with lead weight to the rear, traditional horn slip along the leading edge of the sole, head stamped 'The Eclipse...

Rare Napoléon III game box circa 1880 made in Boulle Marquetry style with its game chips. The outside is in blackened fruitwood with materials as brass decoration lines and a Horn...

Architecture game constructions with 56 colored stones inside a wooden box made in the laboratory of Dr. Richter Rudolstadt Thüringe in the late nineteenth century. The box is comple...

Superb quality antique English Victorian rosewood with inlay games table, Circa 1870-1880.

About as exotic and decorative as they get, this magnificent playing card or games box has a deep red or burgundy background which is smothered in the most exquisite fine penwork wit...