Antique Folk Art Fox and Geese Game Board with (Complete Set of) Hand-carved Pegs and Verse on Reverse John E. Coppess whimsy based on a few others

based on a few others I have turned up that are similar

And there is a note on one page here that she was 13 years old when she did these

Approx 4 inches cubed overall

making it perfect for sitting like a sculpture on a shelf

I've had a few dogs in the shop similar to this one

Antique Folk Art Fox and Geese Game Board with (Complete Set of) Hand-carved Pegs and Verse on Reverse John E. Coppess whimsy based on a few othersThis is an antique handmade fox and geese game board, with more than enough hand carved wooden pegs to play (plus a few more of another sort that fit the holes as well.) There is a handwritten verse on the reverse, readable with some effort, beginning "Be happy in life," making me think this was likely made as a gift for a child, or perhaps as a wedding gift long ago. The rules for fox and geese a 2 player strategy game dating back to the Middle Ages