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A yew wood cribbage board, English, dated 1788,
17cm (6 3/4 in) wide

5 July 2005, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £420 inc. premium

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A yew wood cribbage board, English, dated 1788,

the oval board with inset ivory playing surfaces and fruitwood marquetry panel of a vase of flowers, on box base with sliding lid and with printed label "A CRIBBAGE BOARD made of yew found eight feet below the surface of the marsh in digging the Foundation of the new Mast-pond in HIS MAJESTY'S YARD AT WOOLWICH begun inn 1788. Supposed to have lay'd under ground ever since the Deluge. Years since the Deluge 4144" 17cm (6 3/4 in) wide

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