Mid-20th Century Games

A delightful Danish Art Deco set of four playing card nut dishes by renowned designers Just Andersen and dating from around 1930. The dishes are each molded in polished pewter and st...

Beautiful French table football game (also known as a foosball table), early to mid-20th century. Painted and varnished wood and chromium plated and other metals, each side with four...

Very rare lottery machine from the chocolate company Trumpf from the early 20th century. The German company Trumpf has a long company history, is mainly known for the production of i...

Art Deco game box, rosewood and walnut, France, circa 1930 Long Art Deco game box made of rosewood and walnut. Inside three compartments for games and green felt. Dimensions: ...

Finale "babyfoot" table football, Montbeliard, France, circa 1950. Maker's label: Sté DIF - 26 Rue Jules Grosjean Montbéliard (Doubs). With working pull rod mechanism for ball release, abacus scoring, and Art Deco style glass ashtrays. The history of table football: Patents for similar table games date back as early as the 1890s in Europe. However, foosball's origins go back to 1921, when Harold Searles Thornton from the United Kingdom patented the game (UK patent no 205,991 application dated 14 October 1921 and accepted 1 November 1923) He invented the game due to the popularity of football in Europe, which was spreading so rapidly Harold decided to make a game that people could play in their homes. Since most languages across the world call the real sport something resembling the word football, Harold decided to call his new creation "Foosball" (compare with the German Fußball "football"). The game's design inspiration came from a box of matches...

Art Deco, poker chip set features a mahogany box with pullout / pull-out chip caddy and melamine poker chips.

Modernist chess set, originally designed by Josef Hartwig at the Bauhaus, circa 1920s. This set is a later example, probably circa 1960s. It is a larger scale construction and crafte...

Stunning 1930s Black bakelite poker chip holder. Made by Count-Rite Industries, the locking lid has screw type knob closure that keeps the lid nic...

Art Deco French football table by Finale, circa 1930s. - Solid beech and mahogany cabinet - Hand-painted hardwood players - Each player has ...

A truly smart Italian shaped Art Deco games box made from highly figured Amboyna, one of the most expensive and highly sought-after burls in the world. The box is mounted with a sui...

A charming pair of silver color nightstand / side table lamps, handmade in Great Britain, representing Minimalist boxing opponents, chrome cut-out fi...

This very" chic" French beechwood and ebonized foosball table on shaped support. It has black and honey color wood players as well as its original green fi...