A9493

Boxed gaming set; hinged wooden box, disguised as a two-volume set of the 'History of England' (i.e. would fit nicely in a bookcase); contains two cribbage score boards & a set of wooden draughts; covered overall in fine tooled leather, marked out on the outside with a 64 chequerboard (for chess & draughts) and on the inside as a backgammon board; some minor damage to the hinges; Horton collection.

later 19th century

wood, leather, paper