Early 20th C. Oil Cloth Carnival Game of Chance Numbers Board Swiss cheese pencil holder from animals to plants to

from animals to plants to hobbies to architecture

Left: 13 1/4” tall

quite a notable artist

hinges in great shape

as she wrote of the first inside page) Merrett

Early 20th C. Oil Cloth Carnival Game of Chance Numbers Board Swiss cheese pencil holder from animals to plants toI've seen a few variations of this sort of oil cloth game board numbered 1 6 before, made for a carnival or fair, and I think specifically for what's commonly known as "Chuck a Luck." In its simplest form, the game involves rolling three dice, with betters placing stakes on their choice of numbers: they receive a 1: 1 payout if the number bet on appears once, a 2: 1 payout if the number appears twice, and a 3: 1 payout if the number is rolled all 3