Gaming and Toys
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Brass Cribbage Board
Gaming Counters
"Lead" Tokens or Counters
Teeototem
The Game of Shoffe Groate
Dice Cup
Astrogalus or Knucklebones
Whist Counter
Bumble puppy
I give you my copy of a 4th century Roman Turricula, or dice tower, designed to give a random outcome to a roll of dice. They came in bronze, brass, bone, ivory,and wood.
Inside the tower are two opposing baffles, and about 17 stair steps to tumble dice...It also has 3 bells to ring as the dice come out. Included is a separate courtyard to keep dice on the table
My copy is brass, antiqued with over 200 punched holes. It measures 4 by7 by 10 inches tall. The court yard is about 4 by 5.
Works well for D &D I'm told...
dice tower, brass reproduction.....$275.00
Roman to early medieval gaming pieces with markings like dice..strangely, they are made from flat lead sheet, and measure about 5/8 to 3/4 inch square, and are less than 1/8 thick. Originals were found on the Thames foreshore. Mine are cast lead free pewter, and numbered like dice 1 to 6.repro gaming pieces set of six ....$15.00
The game of Bumble puppy....earlier than 1585 as an outdoor tavern game with nine gates. Originally 3 ft by 8 foot slate stone slab on a pitch with flat stones slid towards the gates. By the late 17 th century a lot of outdoors games were brought indoors and resized. Mine is wood, 12 3/4 wide by 25 long and about 41/2 tall. It has nine gates and a sloping base on which each player rolls his antique marbles, and scores his turn. The next tries to beat that score. Comes with a dozen marbles, 5 each player, and a few wedges to sort of level out the board.
reproduction of a game type in pine....$ 250.00
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Brass Cribbage Board (above)
Handmade by Peter Goebel.
Sturdy brass construction; scrolled top with turned brass legs copied from a 1746 original. Four wooden playing pins included; stained dark and light. A beautiful piece!
Brass Cribbage Board: $215.00
Gaming Counters (above)
Handmade by Peter Goebel. Historic reproduction.
Dating to the 18th century, gaming counters were used to keep score in card games. Hand cut from faux ivory. Dimensions: 3 1/2" by 1/2".
Left, clockwise: Urn, Weeping Heart, Club, Diamond, Spade, Small Fish - these measure about 3/4 wide by 1 1/2 long. Right: Large Fish, measures 1/2 wide by 3 1/2 long.
Gaming Counters: $10.00
Large Fish Gaming Counter: $15.00
"Lead" Tokens or Counters
Handmade by Peter Goebel.
Actually made from pewter, these are reproduced from originals found in England as well as the colonies. Some were found at Shadwell, Thomas Jefferson's boyhood home. They are counters, or tally pieces, and probably passed as coinage of a farthing's value. Our design is taken from an original; originals are found with thousands of designs, spanning about 2000 years.
When ordering, pelase specify style of token: Large (cross and dot) Medium (dot) or Small (flower and cross).
"Lead" Tokens or Counters: $4.00
The Game of Shoffe Groate (above)
Handmade in the USA by Peter Goebel. Historic Reproduction.
The game of shoffe-groate, also known as slip-penny or shove ha'penny, is a tabletop version of shuffleboard: a gambling game with 1,000 years of history. We gave ours the medieval name of Shoffe Groate because it has an interesting sound.
Our two-player version is taken from English examples which were mostly wood and brass, or wood and ivory. It is made with a lip at the front to hold over the edge of a table, and comes with ten tokens - five dark and five light. Each player takes turns flicking the tokens from the lip torward the end of the game board, which is marked with numbered zones, from one to five. The score for each turn depends on which zone the token lands in. The player with the highest score wins.
The Game of Shoffe Groate is made from solid brass and should last forever. It measures 24 inches long by 7 3/4 inches wide, and 5 inches tall.
The Game of Shoffe Groate: $275.00
Astrogalus or Knucklebones (above, originals beside reproductions)
Reproduction. Used as gaming pieces since about 5000 BC, right through the early 19th century. The three dark pieces are Dutch originals from the 17th century. Ours are lead free pewter alloy, and about 3/4 inch long.
Astrogalus or Knucklebones: $8.00
Whist Counter (above)
Reproduction of an 18th century style Whist counter. About 2 1/8 inches in diameter, copper with a carved brass hand pointer to keep score. Usually used in pairs. Beautifully made, heavy and solid.
Whist Counter, each, $80.00
Whist Counter, pair, $155.00
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