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79 - THREE SCRIMSHAW GAMING BOXES, PROBABLY AMERICAN, 19TH / 20TH CENTURY
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£500 - 700 (€590 - 840)Sale fees
THREE SCRIMSHAW GAMING BOXES, PROBABLY AMERICAN, 19TH / 20TH CENTURY each of bone with black incised decoration, comprising: a rectangular card box, the cover polychromed with a Joker in a lozenge flanked by cards for the King and Queen of Spades on a simulated fishskin ground, containing a full deck of polychromed playing card tiles including two Jokers, box 10.5cm long; a cylindrical dice box and cover en suite, the sides polychromed with the same playing cards between dice and the card suites, containing six dice, box 4.2cm high; and a set of twenty-eight domino tiles in a rectangular box with sliding cover, box 7.3cm long
Auction details
European Works of Art, Objects & SilverAuction house
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