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Click here to subscribeSUBSTANTIAL ROSEWOOD, FRUITWOOD AND IVORY INLAID GAMES BOX, early 20th century, the exterior with chequer parquetry for chess, opening with two brass hinges for backgammon to the interior, the inset ivory points stained green and natural, the upper edges inset with ivory sockets; with fifteen turned ivory pieces, fifteen ebony pieces, a pair of tooled leather shaker cups, four dice and a doubling die, 15.5cm high when closed, 57cm wide
VICTORIAN COROMANDEL CASED GAMES COMPENDIUM, circa 1875, of rectangular form, the hinged top with leather-faced playing board for chess and backgammon within the cover, above a lift-out tray containing associated bone counters, poker dice and other items, above a compartmented interior with twin boxwood shakers, a bone part domino set, boxwood and ebonised playing counters etc., the hinged front opening to chess pieces, the box 18cm high x 32cm wide c 22cm deep
1-300 AD, Roman. Pair of Roman bone dice of differing size. The larger dice features a dot-in-circle pip design and the smaller dice a dot-in-two-circles design. Roman dice were used for a gaming and gambling on their own, or in combination with gaming pieces and boards for games such as Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum ('The game of twelve lines'), an ancestor of modern backgammon. Gaming and gambling was common throughout the Roman world and was particularly common in urban environments and among military communities. The large number of gaming boards, counters and dice found in Rome forts, for example, attest to the popularity of gaming and gambling to pass the time when soldiers were off duty. For more information on Roman dice, see Alex de Voogt and Jelmer W. Eerken (2018). 'The Evolution of Cubic Dice from the Roman through Post-Medieval Period in the Netherlands' Acta Archaeologica 88(1):163-173. Good condition. Size: H:10mm / W:13mm ; 5.5g. Provenance: From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1990s on the UK /European art markets.
An early 20th century gaming compendium, the mahogany case enclosing a selection of games and counters to include, backgammon, draughts, dominoes, cribbage and steeplechase, with gaming board and rules for the compendium of games (at fault) For condition information please view this lot on our website HERE
A BOXED TANDY RADIO CONTROL JEEP RENEGADE, No.60-3089, not tested, playworn condition, missing roll cage but otherwise appears complete, no instructions, box damaged, with a quantity of boxed Mattel Intellivision game cartridges, Soccer, Backgammon, Lock 'N' Chase, Space Battle & Tron, Deadly Discs, all complete with instructions and both controller overlays (minor damage to some) boxes damaged and worn, a boxed Waddingtons Videomaster Star Chess game, with transformer, appears complete and in fairly good condition, box damaged and a pair of 1970's/1980's Japanese Made CIS400 Stereo headphones (8)
A Victorian rosewood and ebony strung games compendium, containing folding chess & backgammon board, red stained & natural ivory chess, wood draughts pieces, bone dominoes, brass cribbage board, stained counters, four Bezique registers, one dice shaker, Jagues Minoru horse race game with four horses. The box twice stamped with Lozenge Registration Mark for 29th June 1869, 32 x 21 x 17cm.
A Victorian burr walnut and marquetry combination games and work table, quarter-veneered top enclosing a plateau inlaid for chess, backgammon and cribbage, above a fitted drawer and basket undertier, turned end supports and stretcher, lotus carved socles, cabriole legs, acanthus feet, ceramic casters, 72cm high, 71cm wide, c.1860
Ï’A Regency rosewood games table, circa 1815, the figured top with brass gallery, the central sliding top with an inlaid chess board to the reverse, the interior with suede backgammon board, raised on turned end standards and outswept legs terminating in brass caps and casters, 70cm high, 80cm wide, 50cm deep Ï’ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
A BOXED TANDY RADIO CONTROL JEEP RENEGADE, No.60-3089, not tested, playworn condition, missing roll cage but otherwise appears complete, no instructions, box damaged, with a quantity of boxed Mattel Intellivision game cartridges, Soccer, Backgammon, Lock 'N' Chase, Space Battle & Tron, Deadly Discs, all complete with instructions and both controller overlays (minor damage to some) boxes damaged and worn, a boxed Waddingtons Videomaster Star Chess game, with transformer, appears complete and in fairly good condition, box damaged and a pair of 1970's/1980's Japanese Made CIS400 Stereo headphones (8)
A 19th century Jaques Patent portable 'B.C.D.' backgammon, chess and draughts board set, the gilt tooled red morocco cylinder holder enclosing a cloth and leather roll-up board, inner tube with thirty two ebony and boxwood reversible counters, one side applied with composition chess pieces, together with two bone diceNOTE: The B.C.D. board was first patented by Jaques on 10th June, 1858Condition: Edges of rolled playing surface scuffed and holes on one edge, some loss to composition chess piece emblems, a white knight a replacement, in paper, dice shaker lacking base, outer case lacking lid
AN EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD GAMES AND WORK TABLE, the rectangular fold over swivel top with inlaid chess, cribbage and backgammon boards, the frieze drawer with remains of fitted compartments and sliding tan leather covered needlework box under, on dual end hour glass shaped supports with turned stretcher, the rectangular plinths on flattened bun feet, closed width 53.5cm x depth 38cm x height 73cm, with key (condition: splits in the top, repair to back left corner, structure has movement in the joints)
Dan Fern (British, B. 1945) "Board Games" Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. The history of board games goes way back, with the royal tombs of ancient Ur holding the oldest gaming boards found so far. These early board games were played with pyramidal dice about 3000 B.C., and may have been a distant ancestor to modern backgammon. But as with chess and dominos, few of the board games with long and distinguished histories were designed specifically for the amusement of children. In fact, board games for pure youthful pleasure seem to have been a late development. It all began in the 1600s, when English philospher and economist John Locke nudged the concept of "teaching through sport" into the world's general consciousness. In time, the manufacturers of Great Britain seized upon the idea, producing educational jigsaw puzzles and games in which the pieces raced across maps of the world. Soon, more general recreational children's games were developed, and today many of the popular commercially produced children's board games are already several generations old. Snakes and Ladders, patented in 1870, is still played in Great Britain and many other countries of the world. Monopoly, patented in 1933, is also played in Great Britain and America by young and old alike -- one of the most popular commercially produced board games ever. However, the British version of Monopoly uses London street names rather than those of Atlantic City, N.J., USA. Image Size: 18.25 x 21.75 in. Overall Size: 20.25 x 22.75 in. Unframed. (B12019)
Wells Hoover Chad Valley Guitar Meccano Hong Kong Action Figure and various games, Wells Hoover Vacuum Cleaner and Chad Valley tinplate Guitar, both in original boxes, Meccano No 4 Set, in original box and loose Airfix Betta Bilda, two Hong Kong style Action Man and quantity of original and Hong Kong clothing and equipment, House Martin Backgammon, Deny Fisher Spirograph and Parker Bros Booby Trap games, F-VG, boxes F-G (qty)
A Chinese ivory chess set, a set of ivory backgammon pieces and a Chinese black and gilt lacquered folding chess/backgammon board, decorated figures and landscapes Condition: Losses to lacquer, minor surface damage to outside of box, losses around the hinges inside, commensurate with age, some minor losses and chips to some chess and backgammon pieces, discolouration/rubbing to red pieces throughout.
A Victorian games compendium, the gilt tooled rectangular leather and morocco covered games board for chess, draughts and backgammon, and disguised as two volumes of History of England, having a fitted and divided lift-out tray with a turned and carved ivory chess set, one half stained red, the other natural, kings 10.5cm high, a turned ivory set of draughts, one half stained red, the other natural, 3.5cm diameters, a set of ivory and ebony dominoes, numerous circular gaming counters, some stained red, the others natural, three gilt tooled red morocco dice shakers and various dice, the compendium 46.5 x 25.5 x 9cm.Illustrated
An ivory and hardwood inlaid games board, Ottoman Provinces,19th century, the outside arranged as a chessboard, the black squares inlaid with lozenge medallions containing black hardwood-inlaid floral sprays, opening to reveal a backgammon board, the borders with alternating black and white geometric designs, 50 x 48cm.Illustrated
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