Casket
ca. 1797 - ca. 1815 (made)
ca. 1797 - ca. 1815 (made)
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This pinewood games box was made by a French prisoner of war in Britain in ca. 1797-1815, during the Napoleonic Wars. This casket is overlaid with strips of bone and inset with fourteen water-colour paintings. The casket contains two bone dice, fifty-six cards painted on bone and fifty-six (two double-blanks) dominoes.
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Parts | This object consists of 113 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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Materials and techniques | Carved pine wood with bone inlay, watercolor paintings |
Brief description | Games box, bone and wood, with cards, dice and dominoes, made by a French prisoner of war in Britain, ca. 1797-1815 |
Physical description | Casket of pine, overlaid with strips of bone and inset with fourteen water-colour paintings. The casket contains two bone dice, fifty-six cards painted on bone and fifty-six (two double-blanks) dominoes. The paintings represent: four baskets of flowers, two vases of flowers, four landscapes, two ladies and two gentlemen. The top edges are pierced for use as a cribbage marker. The box is filled with 56 dominoes, two bone dice, and 56 cards painted on bone. |
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Object history | Given by Jane A.G. [Gertrude] Lady Cory (1870-1946), 28 Belgrave Square, London, in 1919. |
Production | Made by a French prisoner of war in Britain |
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Summary | This pinewood games box was made by a French prisoner of war in Britain in ca. 1797-1815, during the Napoleonic Wars. This casket is overlaid with strips of bone and inset with fourteen water-colour paintings. The casket contains two bone dice, fifty-six cards painted on bone and fifty-six (two double-blanks) dominoes. |
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Accession number | A.17-1919 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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