rectangular box, hinged; checkerboard exterior of maple and mahogany squares; interior inlaid with backgammon motif; contents of dice, checkers, and dice shakers of leather; brass hinges.
board games (game sets)
leather
mahogany (wood)
maple (wood)
Game
Game, Board
Game, Board
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
England
4 x 15 x 8 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.214
Possibly
Possibly
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