Games box
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, lacquer, metal and paint.
Measurements
108 mm (Height) x 282 mm (Depth); 566 mm (Length)
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Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1332002
Summary
A black lacquer games box with scenes of buildings, figures, flowers and foliage in gold lacquer around the edges of a chess board with painted inset scenes of figurers in a garden in alternate squares. Hinged and unfolds to reveal black and gold lacquer Backgammon board with central gold floral medallions.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.