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  • An amusing marble-game-board dated 1883
  • An amusing marble-game-board dated 1883
  • An amusing marble-game-board dated 1883
  • An amusing marble-game-board dated 1883
  • An amusing marble-game-board dated 1883
  • An amusing marble-game-board dated 1883
An amusing marble-game-board dated 1883

475 €


A painted marble-board dated 1883. Long 74 cm. Wide 29 cm. Delicately painted with a seascape with various boats and a landscape with trees, a house and carriages. Old repairs to the paintwork in places. The board comes with twelve original antique marbles. Frisian folk-art, 19th C.    

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