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The Backgammon Players, Philip Webb British, Painted pine, oil paint on leather, brass, copper, British — The Backgammon Players
Multiple artists/makers
1861

Card and backgammon table, Mahogany, mahogany veneer, inlaid maple, beech, yellow poplar, white pine; brass, American — Card and backgammon table
American
1760–90

Chess and backgammon game board, Georg Schreiber German, Amber, ivory, brass, gold foil, ebony, German, Königsberg (Kaliningrad, Russia) — Chess and backgammon game board
Georg Schreiber
17th century

Chess Piece, Pawn or Backgammon Piece, Rock-crystal — Chess Piece, Pawn or Backgammon Piece
10th–11th century or later

Chess and backgammon board, Wood, ivory, probably Italian — Chess and backgammon board
probably Italian
probably 16th century

Chess Piece, Pawn or Backgammon Piece, Ivory — Chess Piece, Pawn or Backgammon Piece
9th–11th century

Box-board for chess and backgammon, Wood, British or German — Box-board for chess and backgammon
British or German
19th century

Box-board for chess and backgammon, Ebony, ivory, possibly Indo-Portuguese, Goa — Box-board for chess and backgammon
possibly Indo-Portuguese, Goa
19th century

Box-board for chess and backgammon, Wood, silver, ivory, paste, Indian — Box-board for chess and backgammon
Indian
19th century

Chess Piece, Pawn or Backgammon Piece, Ivory — Chess Piece, Pawn or Backgammon Piece
probably 11th–12th century

Chess Piece, Pawn or Backgammon Piece, Stone — Chess Piece, Pawn or Backgammon Piece
9th–11th century

Chess Piece, Pawn or Backgammon Piece, Stone — Chess Piece, Pawn or Backgammon Piece
probably 17th–18th century

Chess Piece, Pawn or Backgammon Piece, Stone — Chess Piece, Pawn or Backgammon Piece
probably 17th–18th century

Box-board for chess and backgammon, Wood, German — Box-board for chess and backgammon
German
19th century

Box-board for chess and backgammon, Wood, mother-of-pearl, bone, brass, Persian — Box-board for chess and backgammon
Persian
19th century

Box-board for chess and backgammon, Wood, Indian — Box-board for chess and backgammon
Indian
ca. 1830

Box-board for chess and backgammon, Tortoiseshell, ivory, wood, Indo-Portuguese, Goa — Box-board for chess and backgammon
Indo-Portuguese, Goa
early 19th century

Box-board for chess and backgammon, Wood, ivory, silver, Indian — Box-board for chess and backgammon
Indian
19th century

Painted and Inlaid Game Board, Wood; painted, varnished and gilded; with metal hinges — Painted and Inlaid Game Board
late 17th century

Incense Box Cover with Design of Backgammon Board, Gold and lacquer on wood, Japan — Incense Box Cover with Design of Backgammon Board
Japan
mid-19th century

Game Board, Bone, wood, horn, stain and gilding over wood core with metal mounts, Italian — Game Board
Italian
15th century

A Hitt at Backgammon, Thomas Rowlandson British, Hand-colored etching — A Hitt at Backgammon
Thomas Rowlandson
November 9, 1810

A Hitt at Backgammon, Thomas Rowlandson British, Hand-colored etching — A Hitt at Backgammon
Thomas Rowlandson
Thomas Tegg
November 9, 1810

Game of Backgammon, Johann Esaias Nilson German, Red chalk — Game of Backgammon
Johann Esaias Nilson
1741–88

Box-board for chess and backgammon or tric-trac, Wood and brass, German — Box-board for chess and backgammon or tric-trac
German
19th century

Box-board for chess and backgammon and boxes (2), Ivory, horn, sandalwood, Indian — Box-board for chess and backgammon and boxes (2)
Indian
19th century

Painted Box for Game Pieces, Wood, polychromy and metal mounts, German — Painted Box for Game Pieces
German
ca. 1300

Game Box, Bone, wood, stain over wood core with paper and textile lining, metal mounts, Italian — Game Box
Italian
14th century

Set of twelve red terracotta balls, Terracotta, Etruscan — Set of twelve red terracotta balls
Etruscan
late 4th or early 3rd century BCE

Box for Sugoroku Game (A Kind of Backgammon), Bow and Drum, Kubo Shunman Japanese, Woodblock print (surimono); ink and color on paper, Japan — Box for Sugoroku Game (A Kind of Backgammon), Bow and Drum
Kubo Shunman
19th century

Bust of a woman, Boxwood, German — Bust of a woman
German
16th century

Bust of a woman, Boxwood, German — Bust of a woman
German
16th century

Game Piece with the Blinded Samson Led by a Boy to the Philistine Temple of Dagon, Walrus ivory, German — Game Piece with the Blinded Samson Led by a Boy to the Philistine Temple of Dagon
German
ca. 1150

Draughtsmen (30) and box-board for checkers, backgammon and nine-men's morris, Leather, gold (?), Spanish — Draughtsmen (30) and box-board for checkers, backgammon and nine-men's morris
Spanish
probably mid-19th century

Game Piece with Hercules Throwing Diomedes to His Man-Eating Horses, Elephant ivory, German — Game Piece with Hercules Throwing Diomedes to His Man-Eating Horses
German
ca. 1150

Game board in book form — Game board in book form
between 1900 and 1999

Game Piece with a Scene from the Life of Apollonius of Tyre, Walrus ivory, German — Game Piece with a Scene from the Life of Apollonius of Tyre
German
ca. 1170

Game Piece with Hercules Slaying the Three-Headed Geryon, Ivory, German — Game Piece with Hercules Slaying the Three-Headed Geryon
German
ca. 1150

Game Piece with Menelaus and Companions Battling Proteus, Walrus ivory, North French — Game Piece with Menelaus and Companions Battling Proteus
North French
ca. 1125–50

"Buzurjmihr Explains the Game of Backgammon (Nard) to the Raja of Hind", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings), Abu'l Qasim Firdausi Iranian, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper — "Buzurjmihr Explains the Game of Backgammon (Nard) to the Raja of Hind", Folio from the First Small Shahnama (Book of Kings)
Abu'l Qasim Firdausi
ca. 1300–30