Chessboard- c.1800
Description
- Sponsors
This item is a part of the 1812 History digitization project. This project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy.- Media Type
- Object
- Item Type
- Game boards
- Description
- A chessboard made of tooled leather with a blackgammon board inside. When folded, the board is made to look like a book. On the side is printed "History of Asia" with additional decorative designs. Penciled letters inside read "JWN" underlined with the price $1.50. Theory states that the board was used by Officers at Niagara when the War of 1812 was declared
- Date of Original
- c.1800
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 484
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.00012 Longitude: -79.24958
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- Recommended Citation
- Image courtesy of the Grimsby Museum
- Terms of Use
- Please contact the Grimsby Museum for any reproductions of this image.
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