3rd Apr, 2023 11:00
The House & Garden Sale
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A Napoleonic prisoner of war games box
A Napoleonic prisoner of war games box, decorated with glazed watercolour panels depicting people, palaces, and vases of flowers, the sliding lid opening to reveal miniature bone playing cards and a set of 'double nine' dominos, bone, with a lable beneath 'Made by the French prisoners imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle during the Napoleonic War', 27cm wide x 11cm deep x 9 cm high
Sold for £850
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
A Napoleonic prisoner of war games box, decorated with glazed watercolour panels depicting people, palaces, and vases of flowers, the sliding lid opening to reveal miniature bone playing cards and a set of 'double nine' dominos, bone, with a lable beneath 'Made by the French prisoners imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle during the Napoleonic War', 27cm wide x 11cm deep x 9 cm high
Loss to the end of the lid, one finial detached but present, further marks and minor damages due to age and use. The 7 hearts, king of diamonds, 3 of clubs and 3 of spades missing and the double blank domino also missing.
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Auction: The House & Garden Sale, 3rd Apr, 2023
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