$275
Painted Wood Game Box. France, ca. 1850. Outer lid decorated with a hand painted idyllic outdoor scene of mother & three children (box slightly warped and few chips to painted surface). Interior lined with green paper and contains four boxes with hand painted lids depicting two men drinking, a couple on a terrace, a forlorn looking woman walking in a garden, and a woman kneeling before a grotto. These contain numerous carved circular and elliptical mother-of-pearl game chips. Also included is an open lattice basket with hand painted bottom depicting a woman carrying two buckets, possibly used as a card holder, and a two piece wooden container with bowl-shaped top that may be a dice cup. 11 ¾ x 9”.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-06-01
