Old Handmade Wooden Chess Board with Carved "Black" and "White" Sides fish tureen I've found a close match

I've found a close match of this bottle that describes it as 19th century

but is in great shape

it is plenty large to be useful holding all sorts of things

on a desk for paperclips

Old Handmade Wooden Chess Board with Carved "Black" and "White" Sides fish tureen I've found a close matchThere 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.