Fabulous Set of Old Carved Horse Game Pieces with Terrific Color laid paper Since finding a wonderful set

Since finding a wonderful set of 19th c

The lid is composed of two pieces

and clearly a heart-felt

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Fabulous Set of Old Carved Horse Game Pieces with Terrific Color laid paper Since finding a wonderful setPerhaps the person who carved these was a maker of chess sets and carved a whole bunch of knights at once? More likely I'd think is that they were made for some kind of horse racing game and I must say that just looking at these makes me think it was a really good one. Whatever the case, I love all these old horse headed pieces as a set now, wearing their original paint in a terrific palette. Great for lining up along the edge of a shelf in a long