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A small late 19th century marquetry inlaid workbox, 20cm wide; a "Viyella" needle gauge knitting recorder; a cribbage board; glass and other beads; costume jewellery; hat pins; a sterling silver mounted clear glass scent atomiser; a hobnail cut glass scent bottle and stopper; playing cards; powder compacts; vanity case; opera glasses; cigar box; a shoe horn with carved hound handle; a back scratcher; etc
A 19th century Tunbridge ware games box by Henry Hollamby: of rectangular outline, the shallow domed and hinged lid decorated with a view of Eridge Castle, enclosed by a Berlin woolwork border, the interior with seven compartments, cribbage board, bezique marker, playing cards, dice and tumbler, having banded Berlin woolwork decorated sides, 27cm wide.
A 19th century Irish Killarney marquetry and yew games table, hinged rectangular top inlaid with an oval reserve of Muckross Abbey, County Kerry, Ireland, bordered by trailing sprays of seamróg shamrocks and outlined with barber-pole stringing, herringbone parquetry bands and stiff leaves, enclosing playing surfaces for chess, backgammon and cribbage and further architectural landscapes, possibly Ross castle and Glena cottage, above a deep frieze inlaid with oak leaves and acorns, panelled 'garlic-mouth' column, serpentine rectangular base, bun feet, 77cm high, 79.5cm wide, 42cm deep, each chess square 4cm, c.1850
[Withy, Robert]. Hoyle's Games, in Miniature, containing rules and directions for Whist, Put, Speculation, Connexions, Matrimony, Cribbage, Loo, Cassino, Vingt-Un, All-Fours, By Bob Short, Jun., London: printed for John Fairburn, circa 1820, 72 pp., hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, original printed wrappers, stitching loose, resulting in upper cover and frontispiece near-detached, a few small marks to upper cover, 32mo (110 x 70mm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Rare: the only recorded copy we have found is that in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, with 64 pages, published by Fairburn and printed by W. Marchant. Our copy has two additional games, Brag and Dominoes, at the end and does not include the printer's name. 'Bob Short' was the author of numerous chapbooks, many of them relating to the rules of Whist and other card games, the earliest of which were published around 1791. The author is generally believed to be Robert Withy, a stockbroker.
λAn Inuit cribbage board Arctic, early to mid 20th century walrus ivory, with a spiral carved end and incised two images of igloos flanking the rows of peg holes, the flat end with a recess for the four associated bone pegs, raised on three legs, 41.2cm long, cased. (7) Provenance The Graham Turner Collection.
A 19th century turned and stained ivory chess set, a turned ebony and boxwood chess set, a cribbage set and a cribbage board Ivory king 7cm high wooden king 7.5cm highCondition report: There are a few chips to include one to a wooden horses ear and one to an ivory rook. ivory with some discolouration and hairline cracks. see extensive images
* A George III brass cribbage board, of shaped rectangular form, having engraved C-scroll decoration, the centre engraved with four line verse 'Remember that you play this game, Pray do not cheat for fear of shame, For if you do this is your doom, You shall be kick'd out of this room', further engraved WM Howard to Sam'l Long and dated 1769, w.21cm; together with one other brass cribbage board, of shaped rectangular form, the centre engraved with scrolls and flowers around a central cartouche monogrammed HHW, w.26cm (2)
A Japanese box; the lid decorated with Fujiyama and opening to reveal sections for stamps, a 19th circular papier-mâché box decorated with flowers, 19th century brass tea caddy, ink stand modelled as a horseshoe and other similar boxes and collectibles etc. including a yellow cased tape measure, a 19th century rosewood travelling, folding cribbage board with old card and a pair of brown leather handstitched cased clothes brushes etc. (a good and interesting selection)
A Victorian inlaid cribbage box, two further boxes, a crib board, three part chess sets etc (box).Provenance:Michael Trethewey. A Gentleman of Taste.We are delighted to be selling in this sale and over forthcoming sales, items from the estate of the collector Michael Trethewey. Michael had an unerring eye for quality. He was a frequent visitor to these auction rooms, an elegantly dressed, unassuming man who bought well and had a singular passion for old-school antiques.
A late 19th century Games Compendium in fitted wooden case containing two sets of James English Bridge Row London Playing Cards, replacement two of hearts card, all other cards present, treen Chess part set, missing black castle and two pawns, 16 black and 15 white treen Draughts pieces, Dominoes complete, Solitaire board with various marbles including 19 various sized having twist stems along with later marbles, playing board, wooden scorers and shakers and cribbage board with original Rules dated 872 present

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