Old Handmade Wooden Chess Board with Carved "Black" and "White" Sides antique marketing whose Iguana gallery on Newbury

whose Iguana gallery on Newbury Street in Boston focused on Haitian art

I've been long admiring old ivory dominoes

The forest of trees is wonderful

and at least a hundred years old I believe

Old Handmade Wooden Chess Board with Carved "Black" and "White" Sides antique marketing whose Iguana gallery on NewburyThere are certainly more beautiful old handmade chess and checker boards out there than this, but I really love the "WHITE" and "BLACK" carved at the opposite ends of this one, and then "K" and "Q" for the positions of King and Queen, making me wonder if it wasn't someone just learning the game of chess who made it. If so, it appears they became a lifelong player, as this board has its share of dings and scratches, which makes me like it all the more.