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Playing Card and Domino Bone Box, c. 1802-1815.
4 x 10 x 4 in. (100 x 255 x 98 mm). Rectangular bone box on wooden structure, dental edge cribbage side rails, swag curtain skirt, carved finials and feet, and peaked-shaped sliding lid. The lid consists of 6 panels framed by bone, each of which contains a watercolor image on paper under original glass. The images are of two women, two vases with flowers, and two angels. 8 additional panels along the sides and ends of the box also contain watercolors under original glass of two mermaids, two vases with flowers, a bridge, a man resting, a woman, and a man sitting on front of a cottage. The interior holds hand-painted bone playing cards, bone dominoes, two dice, and one spinning dice top. Provenance: W. H. Thomas, Esq. (hand-written paper label on the bottom of box).
4 x 10 x 4 in. (100 x 255 x 98 mm). Rectangular bone box on wooden structure, dental edge cribbage side rails, swag curtain skirt, carved finials and feet, and peaked-shaped sliding lid. The lid consists of 6 panels framed by bone, each of which contains a watercolor image on paper under original glass. The images are of two women, two vases with flowers, and two angels. 8 additional panels along the sides and ends of the box also contain watercolors under original glass of two mermaids, two vases with flowers, a bridge, a man resting, a woman, and a man sitting on front of a cottage. The interior holds hand-painted bone playing cards, bone dominoes, two dice, and one spinning dice top. Provenance: W. H. Thomas, Esq. (hand-written paper label on the bottom of box).