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Item Ships From: Massachusetts
Highly Unusual American Folk Art "Yale vs. Harvard" Spinning Wheel Game C. 1900
Located in Atlanta, GA
American, circa 1900.
A highly unusual American folk art game board. Hand designed and painted likely in New England by an Ivy Leaguer which features a 4 corner "Yale Vs. Harvard" d...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Massachusetts - Game Boards
Materials
Wood, Paint
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
Late 19th Century Antique Massachusetts - Game Boards
Materials
Wood
19th Century Inlaid Game Board with Inlaid Fish, Initials, Dated 1863
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th century inlaid game board, upper section with fish motif, initials "O.S.A.L." and date of 1863; lower section with elongated diamond, maple and ...
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Mid-19th Century Canadian Antique Massachusetts - Game Boards
Materials
Maple, Oak
19th Century Rustic Painted Game Table
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid to Late 19th Century rustic painted game table, a country Hepplewhite style game stand with painted checkerboard top enclosed within shallow raised ga...
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Mid-19th Century American Country Antique Massachusetts - Game Boards
Materials
Mahogany, Maple
Fine Paint Decorated Double Sided Game Board
Located in Nantucket, MA
Double sided painted game board with
a red, black, yellow and green checkerboard on one side
and a “X” painted game board on the reverse
side, American, circa 1900. Measures: 16” ...
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Early 20th Century Massachusetts - 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...
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Late 19th Century American Late Victorian Antique Massachusetts - Game Boards
Materials
Wood
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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Late 19th Century Canadian Folk Art Antique Massachusetts - Game Boards
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When closed, or in the folding position, the board game simulates and is made to look like two books resting side by side (see images), and thusly, was made to sit on a book shelf, either horizontally or vertically; and to be pulled out to play games when desired, which would have been either the game of checkers (draughts), chess, or backgammon. The board opens up to a two sided game option. On one side is the proverbial 64 square (English/ American version) of chess or checkers; and on the other side is a backgammon board. Both sides are hand painted in gold and black, with a rust colored border around the checkerboard. The interior backgammon play area is also black and gold with the same color rust area to the central part. Nail hinges in the center frame, pivot the two sides to open, while a leather covering borders the edge trim, which is 50% lacking on the hinge side. I state the condition to be good, considering it's age, it's use, and the fact that it is still very "usable" and, if taken care of, will probably continue to be so for nearly another 200 years!
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