Antique Folk Art Fox and Geese Game Board with (Complete Set of) Hand-carved Pegs and Verse on Reverse John E. Coppess whimsy with the glue somewhat visible

with the glue somewhat visible

Approx 4 inches cubed overall

while also an evocative one

I've had a few dogs in the shop similar to this one

based on a few others I have turned up that are similar

Antique Folk Art Fox and Geese Game Board with (Complete Set of) Hand-carved Pegs and Verse on Reverse John E. Coppess whimsy with the glue somewhat visibleThis is an antique handmade fox and geese game board, with more than enough hand carved wooden pegs to play (plus a few more of another sort that fit the holes as well.) There is a handwritten verse on the reverse, readable with some effort, beginning "Be happy in life," making me think this was likely made as a gift for a child, or perhaps as a wedding gift long ago. The rules for fox and geese a 2 player strategy game dating back to the Middle Ages