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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Britain (made)

This pinewood games box was made by a French prisoner of war in Britain in ca. 1797-1815, during the Napoleonic Wars. This casket is overlaid with strips of bone and inset with fourteen water-colour paintings. The casket contains two bone dice, fifty-six cards painted on bone and fifty-six (two double-blanks) dominoes.

Object details

Categories	Containers Games
Object type	Casket
Parts	This object consists of 113 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below) Casket Games Box Dice Dice Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Playing Card Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Domino Games Box Casket Lid Games Box Fragment
Titles	Games box with cards, dice and dominoes (named collection)
Materials and techniques	Carved pine wood with bone inlay, watercolor paintings Pinewood Bone
Brief description	Games box, bone and wood, with cards, dice and dominoes, made by a French prisoner of war in Britain, ca. 1797-1815
Physical description	Casket of pine, overlaid with strips of bone and inset with fourteen water-colour paintings. The casket contains two bone dice, fifty-six cards painted on bone and fifty-six (two double-blanks) dominoes. The paintings represent: four baskets of flowers, two vases of flowers, four landscapes, two ladies and two gentlemen. The top edges are pierced for use as a cribbage marker. The box is filled with 56 dominoes, two bone dice, and 56 cards painted on bone.
Dimensions	Height: 8.5cm Width: 24.5cm Depth: 9cm
Object history	Given by Jane A.G. [Gertrude] Lady Cory (1870-1946), 28 Belgrave Square, London, in 1919.
Production	Made by a French prisoner of war in Britain
Subjects depicted	Casket Dice Flower Basket Vases Landscape Ladies Gentlemen
Summary	This pinewood games box was made by a French prisoner of war in Britain in ca. 1797-1815, during the Napoleonic Wars. This casket is overlaid with strips of bone and inset with fourteen water-colour paintings. The casket contains two bone dice, fifty-six cards painted on bone and fifty-six (two double-blanks) dominoes.
Bibliographic references	Trusted, Marjorie, Baroque & Later Ivories, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2013, cat. no. 279, p. 283, 4 Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. Part II. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1929, p. 120 Review [1911-1938], Victoria & Albert Museum. Review of the Principal Acquisitions during the Year, London, 1919, p. 4
Collection	Sculpture Collection
Accession number	A.17-1919

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O349195/-casket-unknown/

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