Earthy and elegant at once
and this wear certainly suggests it was hung and seen
Martin received his MFA from Alfred and BFA from Kansas City Art Institute
certainly a sweet piece to add to a collection
The bowl is is marked on bottom: "LO58" (in relief) and stamped "Made in West Germany" and "1786
Beautiful Double-Sided Antique Walnut Make Do Gameboard atlas tacks Earthy and elegant at onceI don't think photos fully do justice to this really lovely, very elegant old game board, made long ago from a walnut table leaf. On the front side, the white paint against the smooth dark wood reads almost as silver, with beautifully hand written numbers, 1 32, at the top left corner of each square. On the reverse, the checkerboard is oriented horizontally, again with hand numbered squares, with the paint here reading almost pale peach. Of course I