Tic-Tac-Toe Set

Game board of pale cream tiles with golden noughts and crosses standing on posts.

This camel bone tic-tac-toe set with a brass-trimmed board is from the United States, and dates to the 20th century. Tic-tac-toe is a simple game of noughts and crosses that is played on a grid of nine squares, and versions of it are among the oldest known board games. Square board of creamy, finely tiled strips marked with thin black grid lines. Golden-colored rings and crosses are mounted on small pegs and stand upright across the grid, in an unfinished game. The tiles are slightly streaked. It is 8.25 inches wide, 8.25 deep and 6 high.

A game in progress, though nobody seems to be winning.