Old Handmade Wooden Chess Board with Carved "Black" and "White" Sides blue enamel canisters to its wonderful antique primitive

to its wonderful antique primitive character

Best of all are those green polka dotted roosters on the end

I think these colored dominoes (Farben-Domino) are just gorgeous

and 2" tall

The splint ash visible on the bottom of the basket reveals a rainbow of hues

Old Handmade Wooden Chess Board with Carved "Black" and "White" Sides blue enamel canisters to its wonderful antique primitiveThere 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.