Striking Old Hand-painted Green on White Checkerboard Under Glass 1940s embroidery smaller 2 7/8" x 3"

smaller 2 7/8" x 3" on card

Simultaneously earthy and cheerful

(though the box was not

is about the most charming thing I can imagine

On the back inside cover is a great little drawing of a man in orange coat

Striking Old Hand-painted Green on White Checkerboard Under Glass 1940s embroidery smaller 2 7/8" x 3"Photos 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