Striking Old Hand-painted Green on White Checkerboard Under Glass shading study A super fun set of

A super fun set of vintage celluloid match book cases

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Striking Old Hand-painted Green on White Checkerboard Under Glass shading study A super fun set ofPhotos really don't do justice to this one. The board itself is gorgeously painterly green gouache or watercolor on cream paper or board, with a pencil drawn outline around the perimeter, and thin black ink lines around each square. It was set in a heavy, solid wood frame (oak I think), with glass over top, and I believe used to play on this way quite a lot! The glass shows a (to my eye) wonderful pattern of surface scratching over the green (but not