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Pocket Chess

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Collection Type

  • Toys and games

Date

1875-1899

GUSN

GUSN-68568

Description

Grn, tan; rectangular case with latch; shoehrn-shpd pcs in leather slits

Details

Descriptive Terms

chess sets
celluloid (cellulosic)
leather
Leather
Celluloid
CHESS

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5.25 x 3.5 x 0.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.2162

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