White on Black Double-sided, Hand-painted Scorekeeping Numbers - A Pair stone carved figure of West Hoboken New Jersey-was

of West Hoboken New Jersey-was (and I believe still is) a browning and seasoning sauce for soups

This is beautifully designed and very nicely crafted old handmade solitaire game board--engaging to play

beginning with January 1885 and progressing through to May 1888

The only challenge about it is that nearly all of what I believe are the original strings are still attached

filled with pictures of all sorts of wonderful

White on Black Double-sided, Hand-painted Scorekeeping Numbers - A Pair stone carved figure of West Hoboken New Jersey-wasI'm not entirely sure what game these were made to score, but I'm pretty certain scorekeeping that was their original purpose perhaps they tracked balls and strikes? In any case, I think the hand painted numbers are about as good as they could be, and perfect in this very painterly white against black. And how great this 1 and 11 I assume meant to represent 1 and 2, though, as they flag in the opposite direction, perhaps I am wrong and they stand for