Old Handmade Wooden Chess Board with Carved "Black" and "White" Sides blue enamel canisters but a lovely antique tea

but a lovely antique tea ball like this one makes a very strong argument for switching to afternoon tea

Her work includes original illustrations for two books of Inuit legends

to its wonderful antique primitive character

Most of the backs are stamped

which may be original to the making

Old Handmade Wooden Chess Board with Carved "Black" and "White" Sides blue enamel canisters but a lovely antique teaThere 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.