Striking Old Hand-painted Green on White Checkerboard Under Glass school assigment 8 7/8" wide x 11

8 7/8" wide x 11 7/8" tall x 1/4" thick

The hand-painted details are really wonderful

rather just sort of tap it

and with the weight balanced squarely on her on her shoulders she serves as quite a sturdy handle for carrying the load

4 1/2" long x 3 3/8" tall x 3 1/4" wide

Striking Old Hand-painted Green on White Checkerboard Under Glass school assigment 8 7/8" wide x 11Photos 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