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One if not the best av. coat I have w/ nearly 75% coverage, heavier in the green ribbons but for the type a very wide dispersal, if I remember right this one is 27/32nds

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1 hour ago, Chad G. said:

One if not the best av. coat I have w/ nearly 75% coverage, heavier in the green ribbons but for the type a very wide dispersal, if I remember right this one is 27/32nds

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Stunning Joseph Chad!!

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10 hours ago, akroorka said:

Do not feel bad crashbelt,

I asked my wife what year it was a few hours ago.

Nice images for sure!!

Marble--On!!

Please forgive a quick digression, but I've been scratching my head as to where I know your avatar from akroorka! 

Just opened Everett Grist's 1992 book Antique and Collectible Marbles and there on P81 is the Akro Agate gift box with 'your' great image!! I bet everyone else here knows this already but I liked finding it.

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I thought it might be good this week to show this square board and pee wee swirls in its Victorian FW Ayres Games Compendium. The board fits neatly into the wooden box - the second pic shows more games under the board when its packed away. Lock and key still work which is cool.

I have several of these small square/rectangular boards (all with fox and geese on the reverse side) and presume they all came from Compendium sets?

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3 hours ago, crashbelt said:

I thought it might be good this week to show this square board and pee wee swirls in its Victorian FW Ayres Games Compendium. The board fits neatly into the wooden box - the second pic shows more games under the board when its packed away. Lock and key still work which is cool.

I have several of these small square/rectangular boards (all with fox and geese on the reverse side) and presume they all came from Compendium sets?

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Nice boxes David, are the boards between 6 & 7 inches and mibs Pee Wee ??

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7 hours ago, crashbelt said:

I thought it might be good this week to show this square board and pee wee swirls in its Victorian FW Ayres Games Compendium. The board fits neatly into the wooden box - the second pic shows more games under the board when its packed away. Lock and key still work which is cool.

I have several of these small square/rectangular boards (all with fox and geese on the reverse side) and presume they all came from Compendium sets?

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A+++ for this post!

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                                        :party-243:        Red, White & Blue for this 4th of July "Thüringen Thursday"      :party-243:

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8 hours ago, Chad G. said:

Nice boxes David, are the boards between 6 & 7 inches and mibs Pee Wee ??

Since you asked Chad the boards are a bit smaller than 6"x7".

The one in the post is about 5 5/8" square and the swirls are pee wees.

Then I have 3 more original sets which are rectangular at c. 6 1/2" x5 1/2". The mibs on those are pee wee micas, and just over pee wee sized swirls and micas.

I have 3 more 'spare' boards - 2 in the c.6 1/2" x 5 1/2" size and one about 5 5/8" square.

Thanks for prompting me to get measuring! These boards were relatively common in the UK, usually missing the marbles of course. I have wondered whether FW Ayres only sold these as parts of compendium games sets or if they sold some separately.

Here's a picture of the reverse side which all 7 of mine have.

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3 hours ago, Chad G. said:

                                        :party-243:        Red, White & Blue for this 4th of July "Thüringen Thursday"      :party-243:

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Wow Chad - nice theme and great examples!!

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12 hours ago, crashbelt said:

Since you asked Chad the boards are a bit smaller than 6"x7".

The one in the post is about 5 5/8" square and the swirls are pee wees.

Then I have 3 more original sets which are rectangular at c. 6 1/2" x5 1/2". The mibs on those are pee wee micas, and just over pee wee sized swirls and micas.

I have 3 more 'spare' boards - 2 in the c.6 1/2" x 5 1/2" size and one about 5 5/8" square.

Thanks for prompting me to get measuring! These boards were relatively common in the UK, usually missing the marbles of course. I have wondered whether FW Ayres only sold these as parts of compendium games sets or if they sold some separately.

Here's a picture of the reverse side which all 7 of mine have.

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Yes, I used to have a board exactly like that years ago, it came w/ white skinned onions w/ blue streaks. The small boards are not @ all common over here & VVHTF, "Thanks" for the added pix David  

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One of my favourite solitaire marble sets has a new board.

The marbles are 25-27mm faceted pontil green micas I bought years ago with a non-original board that was a bit undersized for 1"+ marbles..

I've just found this very fine board stamped E Spurin 37 New Bond Street London. Spurin was a maker/retailer operating from this top London shopping street around 1850-1870. So the faceted micas dating from a similar period are a perfect match for the board.

If this is all a bit too nerdy please just enjoy the pic!!!

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