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Victorian Marble Solitaire Fine Hardwood Board with 33 Clay and Stone Marbles
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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.
Early marbles are very collectable in their own right and the marbles in this set vary slightly in size but are nominally 0.57 (9/16) inches in diameter. (Please see images). They are made from a mixture of materials and colors; stone, clay (earthenware) and pottery.
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 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.
We date this item to the mid Victorian period, circa 1850.
- Dimensions:Height: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)Diameter: 9.5 in (24.13 cm)
- Style:Folk Art (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:circa 1850
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Very good antique condition. Some slight wear to the board and wear to the marbles from use, as expected. The marbles are all hand made and are not perfectly spherical and some have tiny nibbles and marks.
- Seller Location:Lincoln, GB
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