12/9/2023 0 Comments Vintage cribbage boardsMost double boxes are commercially made to cater for two players, with two packs of cards and a central compartment for pegs and counters. But my most exotic single box is made by Gulum Hussan, Kashmere, India and was probably used by the Brits during the Raj and found its way later to England (see below).Ībove: single box cribbage boards, a) horseshoe shaped, b) made in India by by Gulum Hussan, Kashmere. It is not unusual to find a single box in the shape of a horseshoe, although most also have a brass fan of four Ace cards in the centre (missing from this example). The design suggests any time from 1900-1920. In later years (in the 30s and 40s), many boards were produced for advertising drink or cigarettes.Ībove: rare example of single cribbage box with advertising, offering the Season’s Greetings from the Criterion chain of wine and spirit shops operating (judging by the street names) throughout the Birmingham area. Each has space for one pack of cards and a separate compartment for four or six bone or ivory pegs.Ībove: single and double box cribbage boards. Both are commercially made from multiple woods and veneers, with bone or plastic inlays. For example, the two and three-player single box boards (shown below). Many of the single box and double box boards date from the 1880s to the 1920s. However, the bulk of the collection is Victorian/Edwardian.
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