Old Handmade Wooden Chess Board with Carved "Black" and "White" Sides antique marketing and a little bit Southwestern

and a little bit Southwestern

Note: photo of painting frame shows glare

The backside reveals that it was likely made by a Leonard Aturill Story (whose father

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Old Handmade Wooden Chess Board with Carved "Black" and "White" Sides antique marketing and a little bit SouthwesternThere are certainly more beautiful old handmade chess and checker boards out there than this, but I really love the "WHITE" and "BLACK" carved at the opposite ends of this one, and then "K" and "Q" for the positions of King and Queen, making me wonder if it wasn't someone just learning the game of chess who made it. If so, it appears they became a lifelong player, as this board has its share of dings and scratches, which makes me like it all the more.