Bone Inlay Beautiful Handmade Wooden Backgammon Board 'three-dimensional drawings the Brienz area of Switzerland

the Brienz area of Switzerland

It is in near perfect condition

it reminds me somehow of Plains Indian ledger drawings and shields: just stunning

but have a slight hunch they may be Korean and would guess they date from the 1940s or early 50s

making it perfect for serving—I am picturing it right now filled with pasta primavera

Bone Inlay Beautiful Handmade Wooden Backgammon Board 'three-dimensional drawings the Brienz area of SwitzerlandI first picked this up because I liked it as a box old, wooden, and with lots of character but I really fell in love when I opened it to find this beautiful backgammon board inside! Clearly invested with a lot of care, the game board features inlaid blonde wood for the "points" (the elongated triangles), and then wonderful decorative forms down the middle: windmill like shapes at the center of each side, one of them composed entirely of a blonde wood,