Lot 468 A
468 A
A MATCHED SET OF THIRTY SOUTH GERMAN MAPLE AND EBONIZED BACKGAMMON CHECKERS
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A MATCHED SET OF THIRTY SOUTH GERMAN MAPLE AND EBONIZED BACKGAMMON CHECKERS

LATE 17TH CENTURY

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A MATCHED SET OF THIRTY SOUTH GERMAN MAPLE AND EBONIZED BACKGAMMON CHECKERS
LATE 17TH CENTURY
Pressed in forms for medallions, depicting various battles and electors and inscribed with various adages and proverbs
6 cm. diam. (30)
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Lot Essay

Twenty-six stones pressed from the same stamps are illustrated in Georg Himmelheber, Spiele: Gesellschaftsspiele aus einem Jahrtausend, München, 1972, p. 79-97.
See also: A. Forster & R. Schmid, Die Münzen und Erzeugnisse der Stempelschneidekunst in der freien Reichsstadt Augsburg, (sl/sn) 1977. (originally first issued München, 1897)

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