Old Handmade Wooden Chess Board with Carved "Black" and "White" Sides antique marketing including for the fact that

including for the fact that it would be useful for everything from mixing to scraping

The forest of trees is wonderful

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

and a little bit Southwestern

looking rather unsettled atop decked out pony

Old Handmade Wooden Chess Board with Carved "Black" and "White" Sides antique marketing including for the fact thatThere 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.