Antique Leather Backgammon & Chess Board

Antique Leather Backgammon & Chess BoardAn English gilt tooled leather folding games board, circa 1890 in the form of an antiquarian book, the title stamped History of England, the exterior for chess, the interior for backgammon with elaborate gilt tooled decoration, end is marbled paper, 44cm x 37. 5cm wide (when open), together with a set of 30 turned backgammon counters in ebony and boxwood (with baize insets), set within a hinged red leather and gilt cylinder, and a red leather and gilt

Stock Ref: BCD 1113

June issue

Stock Code: 1368

knights carved as arched horses’ heads

Please note that this set has been photographed with a board for demonstration purposes and the board is available for sale separately

stylish chromolithographic graphics showing the planets

four red dragons

Stock Reference: TPC 1116

with a chrome meridien

stamped CORONATION with the Royal Cipher of HM Queen Elizabeth II

with a mahogany

A Chinese ‘Black Mirror' and Gilt Porcelain Vase