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DATED 1592
Details
A SOUTH GERMAN FRUITWOOD AND WALNUT MARQUETRY GAMES BOARD
DATED 1592
The exterior inlaid with a coat-of-arms and inscribed '15 GAVDENTZ / IQTSCH 92' inset to the centre of Nine Men Morris, the reverse with a chequer board, the interior opening to reveal backgammon inlaid with a variety of insects, fruit and floral sprigs enclosed by a geometric border
16 ¾ x 16 ¾ in. (42.5 x 42.5 cm.)
DATED 1592
The exterior inlaid with a coat-of-arms and inscribed '15 GAVDENTZ / IQTSCH 92' inset to the centre of Nine Men Morris, the reverse with a chequer board, the interior opening to reveal backgammon inlaid with a variety of insects, fruit and floral sprigs enclosed by a geometric border
16 ¾ x 16 ¾ in. (42.5 x 42.5 cm.)
Provenance
A gift from the Reverend Lance Newton Edwards of Somerset, apparently a descendent of Sir Isaac Newton, to the present owner's late father and thence by descent.
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