Beautiful Antique Double-Sided Game Board with Numbered Squares and Penciled Details mexican craft Especially fun with this pair

Especially fun with this pair is that the bolts that secure the boots to their iron base are just a bit loose

really a great piece

or large trivet

this would also be terrific for storing teas

Beautiful Antique Double-Sided Game Board with Numbered Squares and Penciled Details mexican craft Especially fun with this pairI'm not in the least an expert on old game boards, but I have looked closely at enough to become pretty particular about what I like, and this is very much one of those! Bright colors can be satisfying, but for me these hand painted numbers on the dark gray squares are even more so, making the hand of the maker very palpable, with graphite drawn stars and X's and heart on a few of the blank squares making it all the more so. I believe this would be a