Late 19th Century Games

This is a very good and complete handmade, hardwood chess set game of 32 pieces in a handmade pine box with a sliding lid, which we date to the turn of the 19th Century, Circa 1900. ...

This French marquetry folding game box from the late nineteenth century is for checkers, chess, and backgammon. It is finely constructed with dovetailed corners, inset hinges, and a ...

19th Century hand carved bone six sided spinning top dice, known as a "Teetotum". This is a very cool item, a vintage gaming piece that shows all the signs it was well used. Beautifu...

A fine and rare Antique Victorian Mahogany Billiard, Snooker and Life Pool wall-mounted Scoreboard, attributed to Thurston & Co., London, circa 1880 in date.   The combined billiards...

A characterful late 19th-century Staunton pattern chess set, comprising a complete complement of thirty-two turned boxwood and ebonised wooden pieces. The set features substantial ki...

19th century French with lovely lacquered finish and original paper numbers in good condition. All hand crafted, with brass spinner and ball slots. In working order though in need of...

This magnificent chess set is crafted in silver and gold and mounted throughout with semi-precious stones. This exceptionally large and complete thirty-two-piece silver and gold ches...

Titled on the box cover "Little Tot" and "Golden ABC Blocks" and referenced as "Golden Cubes, this is a charming and completely original 19th century (Circa 1885) four cube set of wo...

19th century walnut playing card press, hand turned with dove tail joints, beautiful craftsmanship. Today vintage card presses make compelling decorative pieces. Some may be repurpos...

Emile Hurtré French Art Nouveau Billiard table. Made by award-winning artisan E. Gueret (Médaille d’Or 1889). Hurtré is best known for h...

19th century English folding cribbage board inlaid with walnut, various fruit woods and bone. The peg boards framed by inlaid geometric borders. Beautifully made, likely by a sailor ...

My description is quite lengthy and thorough because I feel this is an important piece of museum quality antiquity and significance; worthy ...

This rare Victorian mahogany 12 player life pool scoreboard features sliders that open to reveal counters and stars. The makers, Burroughes & Watts, are a we...

This is an excellent antique mahogany pool scoreboard by Palmer & Sons, London late 19th century in date. This is one of the best examples of a pool scoreboard, with nine slides...

c. 1890s; Jaques & Son - London, England Mechanical tabletop trade stimulator in a polished wood case, labeled "Ascot - The New Racing Game" with a chromolithographed lid depict...

Folds into a rectangular table perfect for a coffee table. Folds open for the green baize playing surface with stick and balls.

Lovely complete set of 19th century Victorian alphabet and word learning blocks; fully intact and colorful lithography to the top and bottom sides with domestic, zoo, and wild animal...

A beautiful antique English portable chess game set, Campaign design, turn-of-the-century, circa late-19th century to early 20th century, London, England. Board, open, measures 9.19"...

Anglo-Indian 'Sadeli' bone and ebony inlay chessboard and backgammon box.

Entertain guests or elevate a study or game room with this elegant antique game box. Crafted in France circa 1890, the rectangular hinged case is built of walnut and decorated with m...

Rare Antique English Victorian Solid Brass Playing Card Press, Circa 1880-1890.

Rare Napoleonic POW dominos casket We are proud to offer a rare example of a late 19th century Napoleonic prisoner of war (POW) hand carved set of domi...

This a good example of a 19th century Scottish Lignum Vitae carpet or lawn ball. Lignum Vitae is one of the hardest woods and has always been the wood of choice for carpet, lawn and ...

This a good example of a 19th century Scottish Lignum vitae carpet or lawn ball. Lignum Vitae is one of the hardest woods and has always been the wood of choice for carpet, lawn and bocce balls. The ball is detailed with the inlaid engraved bone initials "SA" at one side and a bone circle a the other. The stand can be exchanged for a shorter stand.

We are delighted to offer for sale this original Victorian games compendium with a complete suite of games This is a very well made and c...

French Neo-Renaissance Flip-Top Game Table with Inlaid Chess & Backgammon, Fitted Glass Top, c. 1870–1890 Description An exceptional example of late 19th-century craftsmanship, ...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely stunning circa 1880 F.H.Ayres Staunton Crown stamped chess set in the original box A truly...

An exceptional carved walnut full size billiard table and accessories by Cox & Yeman. London, circa 1880. One end bearing an ivorine la...

A charming and extremely well made antique Victorian snooker scoreboard. This was made in England, we would date it to around the 1880’s period. It is of extremely fine quality, it ...

These balls were used for a type of lawn bowling once popular in Europe. Assorted hardwoods with mixed colors, reinforced with iron strips and brads for protection. Various sizes and...

A beautiful mahogany framed scoring cabinet by Cox & Yeman circa 1890, featuring hand painted sliding panels ,revolving numbers and a central slate panel....

With a hinged top and brass hooks and eyes. The interior lined in green felt with wood numbered depressions. Lacking gaming pieces. On a separate stand with carved legs. L. 36 1/2"...

A fine 19th century English Victorian game compendium in a brass mounted coromandel box. Coromandel is a type of ebony wood. The interior with a replac...

Antique walnut wooden boxes suitable for containing chess. You can choose among these four: (3 photos for each box) . -the first : SOLD. -the second has a silver S.Christopher - O/7...

19th century walnut playing card press, hand turned with dove tail joints, beautiful craftsmanship. Today vintage card presses make compelling decorative pieces. Some may be repurpo...

19th Century reverse painted glass games board We share what we love, and we love the decorative nature of this stunning English 19th Century reverse painted glass games board. With aged surface across the glass reflection and wooden frame. With a glance of old news paper...

Antique English Brass Mounted "Games Set" Box Inset with Colorful Enamels, Circa 1890's.

This is a rare and original '9 Spot' Dominoe game of 55 individual dominoes, coming complete with its jointed wooden box or case. Dominoe sets are normally six-spot sets giving a to...

This is a rare and original '9 Spot' Dominoe game of 55 individual dominoes, coming complete with its jointed wooden box or case. Dominoe sets are normally six-spot sets giving a to...

This impressive, high-quality, large-scale French roulette wheel is constructed in ebonised timber, possibly beech. The mechanism is made of brass and rotates smoothly for a long pe...

Late 19th to early 20th century bocce balls, France, set of three boxwood, iron and brass nails. The first ball has the letters PP in brass, the second ha...

Architecture game constructions with 56 colored stones inside a wooden box made in the laboratory of Dr. Richter Rudolstadt Thüringe in the late nineteenth century. The box is comple...

This extraordinary and complete puzzle set consists of maps of the world, Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and France. Published by Charles Verneau in Paris, the maps are on all sides ...

Ten carpet balls crafted in stoneware, decorated and glazed in several different colors and designs including a white cue ball.

An unusual late 19th century games tray featuring a central checkerboard surrounded by geometric inlay. The dark ground is accented with contrasting wood and circular details, while ...

Anglo-Indian Bone inlay Ebony Chess Board 'Sadeli' work box.

A interesting little collection of five late 19th century rebus plates, a word puzzle that uses pictures, symbols, and letters to represent words or phrases. The goal is to decipher ...

Functional, in beautiful original condition. The body of the roulette is made of solid wood, the metal parts are zinc tin. The number plate is not original (although it is also antiq...

Rustic Adirondack style live edge wooden game board with black and white playing inset supported on a lower cabinet with two pull out drawers with playing pieces.

G & J.W Hawksley Norfolk Liar Game Counter. A pocket size four dial game counter made and marketed by G & J W Hawksley, silversmiths of Sheffield, England. The main body and one side...

The ‘Royal Cabinet of Games’ by Charles Henry, 22 King Street, Manchester, constructed in figured walnut with coromandel edging, enclosing various games including chess, backgammon &...

This item is from a collection of "magic" props from a California estate, and was accumulated in New York City; home too many famous conjurors; Houdini, Hermann the Great, and Copper...

Antique "Besique" (Bezique) card game set by Joseph Reynolds & Sons, dating to the 1870s. The set is housed in a custom sycamore or mahogany box and includes printed rules a...

Brass Game Score Counters. A pair of Victorian brass, gun metal, whist game score markers. The top of the circular counter rotates to reveal the scor...

A board game with dice. Base, lid and central element are in oak wood, the cylinder is in glass containing three dice. France late 19th century.

An unusual miniature mahogany Billiard Bagatelle board, having green baize surface with inset numbered cups flanked by boxwood & ebony score peg-holder...

An antique wooden playing card box with two sets, one hundred and four, of old playing cards. Late 19th century, England.

These 19th-century English juggler’s pins, with their ebonized finish and slender, tapered form, carry a sense of mystery and history in their weathered appearance. Highlighted by go...

Antique English Mahogany and Brass Signed Games Box Compendium, Circa 1880. Includes chess, dominos, and checkers.

An exquisite and exceptiionally rare Spanish billiard marker by Mayol Y Poch of Barcelona circa 1880. Probably made from Madera wood. A high end ...