Live Auction 2838The Decorative Arts Sale incl. Fine Paintings
A MATCHED SET OF THIRTY SOUTH GERMAN MAPLE AND EBONIZED BACKGAMMON CHECKERS
Lot 468 A

A MATCHED SET OF THIRTY SOUTH GERMAN MAPLE AND EBONIZED BACKGAMMON CHECKERS

LATE 17TH CENTURY

Closed1 July 2010

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EUR 3,000

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A MATCHED SET OF THIRTY SOUTH GERMAN MAPLE AND EBONIZED BACKGAMMON CHECKERS
LATE 17TH CENTURY
Pressed in forms for medallions, depicting various battles and electors and inscribed with various adages and proverbs
6 cm. diam. (30)

Specialist note

Twenty-six stones pressed from the same stamps are illustrated in Georg Himmelheber, Spiele: Gesellschaftsspiele aus einem Jahrtausend, München, 1972, p. 79-97.
See also: A. Forster & R. Schmid, Die Münzen und Erzeugnisse der Stempelschneidekunst in der freien Reichsstadt Augsburg, (sl/sn) 1977. (originally first issued München, 1897)