Handsome Old Handmade, Numbered Black and Red Painted Checkerboard, Under Glass hand-painted enamel Pronounced striations

Pronounced striations

and the stuffing

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The translucent green marble eyes

3 1/4" long when closed

Handsome Old Handmade, Numbered Black and Red Painted Checkerboard, Under Glass hand-painted enamel Pronounced striationsReally a smart looking old chess or checkerboard with red and black painted squares numbered in white. The numbers follow standard board notation, with black pieces occupying squares 1 to 12, and white pieces on squares 21 to 32. The playing board itself is covered with glass and framed in four pieces of wood nailed to the larger board, making it a good, and a fun one to actually play on though it seems curious that the numbers are oriented toward the