Old Handmade Peg Solitaire Board with Carved Pegs black and white " And then

" And then

I have to think this boy and dog was done after a 18th century painting by Gainsborough or Bartholomew Dandridge or someone similar among which there are smartly dressed boys and dogs aplenty

with no chips or splits--really a super sweet thing

which I think this guy most definitely is

but I think there is another nose and shaggy head just to left of her elbow making it three

Old Handmade Peg Solitaire Board with Carved Pegs black and white " And thenSomewhere along the way two of the carved pegs on this old board were lost, but it's easy to use a couple of tacks or nails to fill in when one plays the name of the game being to remove all pegs by jumping them one by one. I love the humbleness of it, with board drawing in pencil on a piece of pine, but also the care its maker took in carving each of the pegs, which fit in the holes perfectly, and are easy to pul out. The reverse side, with the holes