Sold 1 December 2025 · Opus Antiques

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Description

This is a great 18th century oak board with bone pegs.

The idea is that you take it in turns to place a peg on the board until you get a line of three pegs of the same colour when this happens you can remove an opponents peg. The winner is the person with the most pegs left at the end.

C1780

Date of Manufacture

Opus Antiques has dated this Antique Nine Mens Morris to the Georgian era.

Reference Numbers

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SA1180419

Dealers Notes

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Description

This is a great 18th century oak board with bone pegs.

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The idea is that you take it in turns to place a peg on the board until you get a line of three pegs of the same colour when this happens you can remove an opponents peg.

Opus Antiques

The winner is the person with the most pegs left at the end.

C1780

Date of Manufacture

Opus Antiques has dated this Antique Nine Mens Morris to the Georgian era.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Ref

SA1180419

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Opus Antiques

Sellingantiques verified Since Oct 2014

Antique treen, boxes & decorative georgian items

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A rustic wooden Nine Mens Morris game board with turned red and cream-coloured wooden playing pieces.

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Opus Antiques

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United Kingdom

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Cataloguer’s note

Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing

ObjectBoard Games
Period18th century
StyleFolk Art
MaterialWood, Paint
ColourBrown
MotifsGrid pattern, Turned wooden pegs, Paddle handle

FAQs

Nine Mens Morris is a traditional board game with origins dating back to the Roman Empire and medieval Europe, frequently played as a strategy game by all social classes.

Traditional game boards and pieces were crafted from locally available hardwoods such as oak, pine, boxwood, and fruitwoods, often carved or turned by hand.

Authentic pieces exhibit signs of age-appropriate wear, hand-tool marks, traditional joinery or construction methods, and natural patina on the wood surfaces.

An antique game board can be displayed flat on a coffee table or mounted on a wall as sculptural folk art to add historical texture to a room.

Keep wooden items out of direct sunlight and maintain stable indoor humidity levels, occasionally treating the surface with neutral beeswax to preserve the finish.