Eli Jackson's Antique German Chessboard / Checkerboard with Hand-inked Guides Plus Checkers Set porcelain bud vase and this is a charmer

and this is a charmer

centered around the single flaming candle held aloft by crudely painted figure at center veiled almost entirely in black

Unsigned as far as I can see

but I think these just add to its ambiance

so would have had at least a couple of more mallets

Eli Jackson's Antique German Chessboard / Checkerboard with Hand-inked Guides Plus Checkers Set porcelain bud vase and this is a charmerI found this board and this boxed checkers set separately, but I believe they are about of the same age, and they feel quite sympatico to me so while one still needs chess pieces, at least one level of play (or practice) can commence! It is the carefully hand inked letters and numbers that really sold me on this board, done I am sure by the Dr. Eli S. Jackson who signed his name equally carefully on the back I presume as he set out to master the game