USA - Game Boards

This folky handmade and inlaid round game board was made in Haiti in the mid-20th century. It is reversible and in good condition.

Look at the wonderful original patina on this game board. What a great conversation piece or wall hanging. True Americana decor. Be sure to check our s...

Mid to Late 19th Century rustic painted game table, a country Hepplewhite style game stand with painted checkerboard top enclosed within shallow raised ga...

Vintage Haitian game board crafted in wood and hand painted with parrots, ballet dancers, and the tree of life in a rustic naive style and signed by the artist J Michel.

Masterpiece quality American game board with fancifully painted cherubs, ca 1870 This is one of the greatest American painted Parcheesi boards extant. The fine quality of this is ...

Hickory Dickery dock: Early Parker Brothers board game with great cat & mouse and tall case clock graphics, 1900. Patented in 1899 and produced in 1900, this colorful Parker Broth...

This fantastic all original paint decorated game board is in fine condition with minor end chips or marks but does not detract from its amazing beauty and condition.

ABC picture blocks with beautiful lithographed illustrations of animals on the faces and lid. A learning tool for reading, circa 1870-1890, English orig...

This fun oval alphabet game board toy for adults or children is in good condition. It has a manufacture of original cress reversible educational boards.

This double sided word game is signed and dated 1917 by the maker. Pat dates 3/13/1917 9/18/1917.

This cool cress alphabet game board is round and red ground. It is also dated 1926 with a chalk board on the front of the game board. Children pictures on the reverse of the board as...

Early Corona beer man cave or restaurant porcelain advertising sign. As found.

These fine distressed Italian kid glove leather pillows are in fine condition with zippers for removing or cleaning. Sold as a group of three.

This 19th century “make do” original painted checkers game board shows an outstanding polychromatic original painted wood surface and is constructed from...

Charming group of three 19th century games comprising a dartboard, star ring toss and bagatelle boards, all in original paint and possessing both whimsy and good graphic design. S...

Authentic Scrimshaw carved into and antique tortoise shell with brass legs. Carved aboard the Ship Argonaut. A whaling ship from Sag Harbor New York from 1814-1832. The detailed carv...

This fine large over size game board is inlaid walnut & pine combo. It has an inner inlaid border and picture frame molding. The condition is very good.

English zebra wood backgammon game box. Game consist of board, two sets of 15 checkers, two pairs of dice, a doubling cube and pair of leather dice cups...

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” ...

Rare 18th century Italian gaming board "Nobilissimo Giuoco Della Mea" Or "The Nobel Game of Chance" in original paint and decoupage, (lacca povera) depicting a game which appears to be a board version of "Put and Take" with different characters representing either plus or minus points. Four corners with scalloped carved coin wells, the centre slightly dished for either a top or ball to roll within. Characters include: Scimmia/Monkey - put 6, Re/King - take 1, Vople/Wolf take 3 , Pascia/Lord - take two and so on. Other characters include, Cinese/Chinese, Colombo/Pidgeon, Crepascolo/Twilight, Armigero/Knight?, Gezelia/Gazelle, Adone/Adonis, Gonhiere/Gondolier, Araba Fenice/Arab Phoenix?, Vecchio/Old Man, Leone/Lion. A very similar game board is in the collection of the Medici Villa...

Paint decorated ochre and brown double-sided game board, one side with Canadian checkers, the other with Parcheesi, Canada, circa 1890. Measures: 25 1...

19thc Original reverse painted game board behind glass in original old surface frame.This red and black checker board is painted on the glass with ...

This unusual game board is a round reversible and is in black paint with a cow on the reverse. It came out of a unusual Folk Art collection. I've never seen a game board like this on...

Very fine English early 19th Century solid burl yewwood tabletop with molded edge and scalloped sides with mahogany and sycamore compass star inlay, the who...

This is quite unusual and in wonderful neutral colors. The large oversize gameboard has a double black inner border. The custom-made iron base is very strong and sturdy. The conditio...

This is like a flat board pin ball machine game. This marble game board is in fantastic condition. Minor wear consistent with age and use. Signed by t...

PENNSYLVANIA BACKGAMMON BOARD, SIGNED "WISE" WITH IMAGES OF A WAGON WHEEL AND A STAR OF DAVID, 1850-1880 Found near the town of Milford, in the northeast corner of Pennsylvania, is...

Backgammon Set Italy circa 1940 CLOSED: 22.75”w x 13.5”d x 5”h OPEN: 27”w x 22.5”d x 2.25”h

Middle Eastern Micro Mosaic Wooden Inlaid Marquetry Box Game Backgammon. Large vintage Moorish Syrian style micro mosaic Inlay marquetry mosaic backgammon and chess game box. Amazing...

Vintage Wood Backgammon Set Game Box, circa 1950 Vintage oak wood backgammon game set in case. Large handcrafted portable wooded backgammon board game set with wooden playing pieces. Beautiful natural oiled wood...

“THE OWL GAMEBOARD NO. 1”, A COMBINATION OF 100 GAMES, PATENTED IN 1901 BY CABINET-MAKER EDWARD MIKKELSON, CHICAGO This brightly painted, rare, and interesting gameboard is of a design patented by cabinetmaker Edward Mikkelson. Called “The Owl Game Board,” Mikkelson produced it in two versions, of which this is the more elaborate. Generically speaking, it is a Carrom or Crokinole board, with a Fox & Geese board on one side and a checkerboard on the reverse. On it, however, 100 different games could be played and it was sold as “100 game boards in 1.” The graphics of the paint-decorated and lithographed design is what makes it so wonderful. On the obverse are four large and very detailed owls, perched on crossed cue sticks and rings for the Carrom game, each with the words “The Owl” emblazoned across their middle. These are set within a ring of red dots and 6-pointed, greenish-gold stars, flanked in each corner by much larger 6-pointed stars that look a good deal like sheriff badges...

“Visit To Camp,” an extraordinarily rare card game by mclaughlin brothers of new york, circa 1871. This extremely rare card game, designed with Civil War context, was made by McLoughlin Brothers in New York City. The set includes 12 (complete) chromolithographed, character playing cards, and 68 (out of 72) object cards, with various accoutrements. All of the above are housed in a wooden storage box with a slide lid and a chromolithographed, paper label. Played in an ad-lib, story-telling format, the characters include the Colonel, the Captain, the Zouave soldier with red pantaloons, the Rifleman, the Artilleryman, the Riding Master, the Musician, the Ferrier, the Surgeon, the Sapper (engineer), the Sutler (cook), and the Vi Vandeer (a woman who takes care of the troops). Each character was originally linked to 6 objects, which were to be produced by players on demand during a spoken reading of the game’s convoluted story-line. There are actually 69 cards included here, one of which is an object card for “the Chinaman.” Since the card matches the style exactly in printing, shape, and scale, and since there was no Chinaman in this game, I presume that the card must have once accompanied another McLaughlin ad-lib deck. The instructions (reproduced, in scale) list 13 possible players, with the 13th acting as narrator. I could locate only 3 other copies of this extremely rare game, all of which included 12 cards. McLoughlin Brothers is said to have pioneered the systematic use of color printing technologies in children’s books. The publishing firm opened in 1820 and was active until 1920, when it was sold to Milton Bradley. During the early years, the product line included toys in addition to books, among which were games, blocks, and paper dolls. Artwork from famous illustrators such as Thomas Nast, William Momberger, Ida Waugh” (Laura Wasowicz), Justin Howard, and Palmer Cox...