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Lot 449
Antique Ten-Pin Skittles Set
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Late 19th century, consisting of ten turned wooden pins (nine 10-1/2 in. and one 8-1/4 in.) with lithographed faces and uniform coats; plus three wooden balls with which to knock the pins down. The set comes in their original wooden box bearing the remnants of the label to one side.

From the Collection of James Boyles and David Hawkins, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

The pins and box are generally quite worn with surface losses; the box lacking its lid.