Striking Old Hand-painted Green on White Checkerboard Under Glass 1940s embroidery It is made of either

It is made of either celluloid or bakelite and at bottom right reads Pat'd Oct 12

smaller 2 7/8" x 3" on card

is about the most charming thing I can imagine

which shows a small loss at lower right but I’d leave just as is

Striking Old Hand-painted Green on White Checkerboard Under Glass 1940s embroidery It is made of eitherPhotos really don't do justice to this one. The board itself is gorgeously painterly green gouache or watercolor on cream paper or board, with a pencil drawn outline around the perimeter, and thin black ink lines around each square. It was set in a heavy, solid wood frame (oak I think), with glass over top, and I believe used to play on this way quite a lot! The glass shows a (to my eye) wonderful pattern of surface scratching over the green (but not