R & M Pell's 1841 Wallpapered Draughts Box from the Duke of Grafton nutcracker I think its a pretty

I think its a pretty spectacular thing

and a clown conducts the proceedings on this sweet wooden box

I think the carver

5 1/8" l x 4 1/2" t x 1 7/8" w

R & M Pell's 1841 Wallpapered Draughts Box from the Duke of Grafton nutcracker I think its a prettyYou know I love beautiful handwriting, and old wooden boxes, and antique draughts (checkers) too, so of course I fell for this one, which appears to have been a gift from the Duke of Grafton (in the southeast of Northhamptinshire, England) to an R & M Pell in 1841. There appears to be a hand written note to the Pells on the blue papered top, perhaps from the Duke himself, who one imagines sent these along as a gift, and in which the word "friend" is