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Rectangular oak game box with black edging and hinged lid; central oval painted landscape and geometric border simulating wooden inlay. Lid interior lined with green silk. Contains four smaller boxes with similar decoration holding 112 Mother-of-Pearl playing counters.
games
boxes (containers)
mother of pearl
oak (wood)
painting (coating)
silk (textile)
geometric patterns
Oak
Mother-of-Pearl
Silk
Painted
Geometric
Landscape
GAME
Original to Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
England
2 x 6.5 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.481A-E
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