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Backgammon game box *, with 15 bone tokens (beef) and 15 painted bone tokens, as well as two cones with two dice, wooden box, felt interior, XIXth century
This box is in good condition. The tokens are in good condition.
A note: the hinge of the box is broken (we can take care of the repair on request and estimate), some small accidents on the box, scratches and wear of time on the tokens, see photos.
or backgammon or backgammon is a board game of reasoned chance for two players which is played with dice on a board similar to that of backgammon. Backgammon belongs to the family of table games. Backgammon is a board game that was very popular in France in the 17th and 18th centuries, at court and in aristocratic circles. It experienced a rebirth during the Restoration before almost disappearing at the end of the 19th century.
The Backgammon is a game similar to backgammon tables and moultazim Turkish. It would have appeared only around 1800, and it is attested in 1827. It is the successor of Trictrac, game of the Ancien Régime, which died out at the end of the XIXth century. It lasted until the 1960s.
