Paint-decorated Double-sided Game Board

Description:

Paint-decorated Double-sided Game Board, America, mid-19th century, one side painted with backgammon, the blue ground with playing surface of red and black points and red and black circles, the reverse a checkerboard in the same palette, ht. 1, wd. 14 3/4 in.

Provenance: Kelter-Malce, New York; C. Scott Powers, Brooklyn; to a private Massachusetts collection.
Estimate $800-1,200


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