Draughts counter
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
circa 1850
Materials
Ivory
Measurements
5 mm (Width); 31 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
India
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 11142.4.1.1.12
Summary
One of the sixteen disc-shaped black draughts/backgammon counters from an ebony and ivory-veneered games box, Visakhapatnam, circa 1850, in the form of two hinged books, (NT11142.1.1). Made of ivory.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.