Beautiful Antique Double-Sided Game Board with Numbered Squares and Penciled Details wabi sabi I have never seen and

I have never seen and can't find another set like them

but they're also pretty rare and one doesn't see very many of them

also known as Hansa -- a mythological aquatic bird representing passage

in the Allegheny River Valley)

the top edge of one side is broken so it does not hold the slidetop lid tightly

Beautiful Antique Double-Sided Game Board with Numbered Squares and Penciled Details wabi sabi I have never seen andI'm not in the least an expert on old game boards, but I have looked closely at enough to become pretty particular about what I like, and this is very much one of those! Bright colors can be satisfying, but for me these hand painted numbers on the dark gray squares are even more so, making the hand of the maker very palpable, with graphite drawn stars and X's and heart on a few of the blank squares making it all the more so. I believe this would be a