Featured Card Playing Box

And this came in today as well

Any idea how old this could be?
Seller told me it belonged to her grandparents, who fled Germany in 1938.
That story seems to fit with with age of one of the two decks of cards that were included

Pity that with the Spontin deck, someone decided to write Bs on the Vs, that most of you know as Js

But, the Skat deck quickly made me forget about that B, when I saw this ...

 

Original finish to the box, I would say 1920-30's, continental Europe (French German), as a box collector I can't help noticing all the screw heads line up (sign of it being well made) The dishes to me are 1920's, are the chips ivory or plastic? Nice thing

 

No marks on the little silver plates ?

 

Those should be ash trays.

Debora

 

all the screw heads line up

keen observation !!!!!!

 

My intention was to tag you when I posted this, but I didn't do it, as I rightfully assumed that your inner wooden box radar would bring you here anyway
Thanks for all this info
The chips are ivory or bone. I will post a close-up later today.

Didn't check that yet

I thought those would be used to place the bets

 

Me too - wouldn't ashtrays have a place for the cigarette to rest?

 

Good point. Sometimes those little card table sets did but sometimes they didn't. Here's an example.

Debora

 

Strange - the club and spade have a rest but not the other two.

 

Because the design accommodates it.

Debora

 

I don't think the ashtrays are original to the box because the suit symbols are different.

Debora

 

Yes, they are, used for the chips.

 

here is a little about what the cards are advertising. No help. But interesting.



Spontin is a village on the Bocq River is situated between Dinant and Crupet. It is reputed for its castle and for its mineral water, lemonades and syrups.

In the 19th century, Spontin's water was so renowned that in 1895 the Belgian government built an 80 km aqueduct (actually more of a pipeline) from the Bocq in Spontin to Brussels to provide drinking water for the city's booming population. The pipeline ran under the Sonian forest, all the way to the municipalities of Ixelles, Saint-Gilles, Saint-Josse and Schaerbeek. A statue of the 'Bocq goddess' by Jeff Lambeaux, standing in front of Saint-Gilles' town hall, commemorates this facet of Brussels' history. There is also a Rue du Bocq in Auderghem.

 

Perhaps this site will help.

http://www.wk-d.de/html/deutsche_farben.html

Debora

 

It does

And also one on ebay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256716323639?
that sold for 25 EUR

 

No marks

 

It's very hard to tell, I've always used the hot pin test, sometimes I think the pin will never go in and it does and sometimes I'm shocked to find out it's ivory.

 

Did the hot needle test just now (and I know the needle was hot is I accidentaly touched my hand with it after the test... ) and ... it didn't go in

 

maybe bone then.....

 

Well at least now you can say "natural material". I still think 1920's, you would expect natural material to be earlier.