Game box

Item Information

Title:
Game box
Description:
Checker and backgammon board in form of unitation book. Back binding forms 2 books marked: "Hist. of America Vol. 1-2". Outside has checkerboard in red and tan w/ tooled border. Interior opens onto tan tooled leather w/ black and red "V" shaped spaces.
Date:
1795–1825
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
leather
wood (plant material)
games
boxes (containers)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Leather
Places:
Massachusetts > Essex (county) > Newbury
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.)
Extent:
17.25 in. x 17 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
https://gusn.us/24789
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
Accession #:
1985.129
Identifier:
24789