Italian Dunhill Travel Games with Burr Walnut Cases
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- Burr - Burr (or in the USA, burl) is the timber from the knotted roots or deformed branch of the tree, which when cut, displays the small circular knots in various gradations of colour. It is always cut into a decorative veneer, most commonly seen as burr walnut on 19th century furniture.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- Dunhill (Alfred Dunhill Co.) ( England) - watches, jewellery and other 72
- games and puzzles, chess - chess boards and sets, travelling sets 48
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games and puzzles, various games
- backgammon sets 31
- board games 247
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