Lot 68: SOUTH GERMAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY AND PHILIPP HEINRICH MÜLLER (1650-1718), NUREMBERG, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

SOUTH GERMAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY AND PHILIPP HEINRICH MÜLLER (1650-1718), NUREMBERG, EARLY 18TH CENTURY A MARQUETRY GAMES BOARD FOR BACKGAMMON, CHESS AND MILL WITH A SET OF 30 GAMES PIECES the white games pieces stamped on both sides with Latin proverbs, the black pieces stamped with profiles of German rulers and mottos taken from coins the black games pieces signed: P.H.M. and one: P.H.MILLER ; the latest date on the pieces: 1704 the board: walnut, birch, plum and tulip wood on an oak carcass the games pieces: maple and plum board: 10.5 by 47 by 47cm., 4 1/8 by 18½ by 18½in. closed games pieces each: 6cm., 2 3/8 in. diameter

RELATED LITERATURE
G. Himmelheber, Spiele. Gesellschaftsspiele aus einem Jahrtausend, cat. Bayerischen Nationalmuseum, Munich, 1972, pp. 50, 52, 79-82 and 84-86, nos. 52, 170-85 and 191-95