Box in box card game Whist, blackened wood and polished brass, Napoleon III nineteenth
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Whist game box * blackened wood and golden brass fillets, Napoleon III period, nineteenth century.
This box is in good condition. The interior is made of rosewood. Lack compartments.
A report: the wood is a little worn on the lid, missing two brass fillets (on the edges right and left), time wear, see photos.
Whist is a card game removed, without a contract, of English origin. Whist the original had its heyday in the eighteenth century and nineteenth century. Many variations have emerged since the late eighteenth century consisted in introducing a system of rules in contract bids for one - or two together - player commits to earn a shot with the possibility - or not, depending variant - choose the trump suit. These variants often significantly changing the game of whist, wore different names such as Boston or Maryland. The Boston for his part had its own variations. All these variants often complicated bridge drew the key to establishing an auction system simple while back closer to the original whist.