Handsome Old Handmade, Numbered Black and Red Painted Checkerboard, Under Glass ceramic plaque A couple of small stains

A couple of small stains at top right which look like watercolor or ink smears perhaps original to the paper on which it was done

which walk with just to the sort of slow

the Rembrandt group and the Brug

(I did not have a hat stand to use for photographing the mask--so the photos with mouth closed were shot of the mask just sitting as it sits on its own

This is exactly the sort of cup that makes me want to bake a chocolate torte so that I can serve after dinner espresso in this cup with it

Handsome Old Handmade, Numbered Black and Red Painted Checkerboard, Under Glass ceramic plaque A couple of small stainsReally a smart looking old chess or checkerboard with red and black painted squares numbered in white. The numbers follow standard board notation, with black pieces occupying squares 1 to 12, and white pieces on squares 21 to 32. The playing board itself is covered with glass and framed in four pieces of wood nailed to the larger board, making it a good, and a fun one to actually play on though it seems curious that the numbers are oriented toward the