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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=148413800-02072000>In the
spirit of information sharing, I thought I should share the answer to my earlier
question about the odd looking cribbage board from Bette Bemis of the Cribbage
Collectors Society.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>James Masters<BR>Masters Traditional
Games<BR>Kew<BR>England<BR><A href="http://www.mastersgames.com/"
target=_blank>http://www.mastersgames.com</A><BR><A
href="http://web.ukonline.co.uk/james.masters/TraditionalGames"
target=_blank>http://web.ukonline.co.uk/james.masters/TraditionalGames</A><BR></FONT></P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Bette Bemis
[mailto:bbemis@netsense.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 01 July 2000 16:15<BR><B>To:</B>
james.masters@ukonline.co.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B> Whist
marker<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Hi James,
<P>The board is a combination cribbage board and Whist Marker, probably from the
late 19th Century. <BR>One old manufacturer, Chas. Goodall & Son of London,
manufactured several styles of Whist Markers (or counters) and registered the
designs in the 1880s - 1890s. They also manufactured at least one combination
cribbage and Whist marker board called the 'Camden', so I have a little
information on the styles. The board pictured, however, isn't a Goodall board,
for Goodall, to my knowledge, never did brass - just wooden whist markers, which
were found on both sides of the boards, including the Camden with the wooden
cribbage board in the middle.
<P>My best to you and your family. <BR>Bette
<P>::::: ::::: ::::: ::::: ::::: ::::: <BR>Bette L. Bemis <BR>Bette's Cribb
<BR>PO Box 170 <BR>Carolina, RI 02812 USA <BR>Tel. 401-364-7241
<P>Cribbage Board Collector's Society <BR>Author: <I>Cribbage Boards 1863
- 1998</I> <BR>::::: ::::: ::::: ::::: ::::: ::::: <BR> </P></BODY></HTML>