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A Victorian papier-mch games box
Of rectangular form, the lid decorated with a stormy seascape, set within an impasto gilt scrolling border, the interior fitted with five smaller boxes, each painted with landscapes and seascapes and some filled with variously shaped and pierced mother-of-pearl counters, playing cards, domino counters and a whist marker
11in. (28.5cm.) wide
Another similar European games box decorated in the chinoiserie taste with bright and dulled gilt metals, the interior fitted with five smaller boxes in a similar style
13.1/8in. (33.3cm.) wide
Of rectangular form, the lid decorated with a stormy seascape, set within an impasto gilt scrolling border, the interior fitted with five smaller boxes, each painted with landscapes and seascapes and some filled with variously shaped and pierced mother-of-pearl counters, playing cards, domino counters and a whist marker
11in. (28.5cm.) wide
Another similar European games box decorated in the chinoiserie taste with bright and dulled gilt metals, the interior fitted with five smaller boxes in a similar style
13.1/8in. (33.3cm.) wide