Code: 9507
Dimensions:
The chess and backgammon leather games board is bound as two faux gilt tooled volumes, The History of England Vol 1 & 11. The embossed leather exterior for the playing of chess or draughts. The interior, also embossed, as a backgammon board. The fine chess and backgammon pieces of carved and turned ivory, white and stained red. Includes a pair of matching leather dice shakers and two pairs of bone dice.
English, mid 19th century.
The box closed: 18” (46cm) x 10.5” (27cm)
Open: 18” (46cm) x 21”(54cm)
The King: 3.5” (9cm)