c. 1810 Georgian Double Sided Game Board in Dovetail Box bevelled glass handmirror I was immediately smitten

I was immediately smitten

I found it at the estate sale of an actress and philanthropist and like to imagine it was a souvenir from perhaps a first apartment rental in New York or London

with one small crack in the lacquer on one short side at the very bottom

but I must say I think these are pretty charming

some darkening to the lacquer on a couple of the interior bowls

c. 1810 Georgian Double Sided Game Board in Dovetail Box bevelled glass handmirror I was immediately smittenReally a special thing! This is a wonderful antique British hand painted double sided wooden gameboard with sliding tops on either side that allow for storage of the original turned wood game pieces, which are still with it. One one side is a draughts (checkers) board, which of course could also be used for chess, and on the other a board for Nine Men's Morris (also known as Merrills, Mill and Merels), an old English game that goes back to antiquity,