Folding Tunbridge-ware Cribbage Board - 1870

€238,95

A beautiful folding Tunbridge-ware cribbage board with original hinges and stained bone pegs from 1870. Rosewood veneer on a mahogany carcass. The central panel is of typical Tunbridge-ware foliate design. Surrounding the Tunbridgeware is inlaid boxwood panels with ebony, Kingwood and Tulipwood. Original bone pegs, (4 off).

Folded dimensions: 13cm length x 8cm width x 5cm height 

 

Small hole to inner fabric and wear expected by an item of this age, but otherwise in good condition. Grade 2 under the Hoyles Vintage Grading System (see here).