Striking Old Hand-painted Green on White Checkerboard Under Glass school assigment just missing glass panes

just missing glass panes

rather just sort of tap it

Overall dimsensions: 8 13/16" x 6 3/4"

on September 22

Striking Old Hand-painted Green on White Checkerboard Under Glass school assigment just missing glass panesPhotos 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