"Draughts"
Technique
Manufactured
Caption
Also known as Checkers, this game is claimed to have been played throughout history in some form or other, across the world, up to four thousand years ago. Originating in Africa, popular in Rome and reaching France by the 1400's, the game's universality has maintained its status as a classic way to whittle away the hours.
Credit
Quinn Toy Collection, Fermanagh County Museum
Object number
FCM_1995_029