Solitaire Game Solid Gemstone Marbles

This Solitaire Game is 1.4" tall x 9.8" diameter and is brand new.

The Solitaire game board is made of hand turned solid non-endangered mahogany with an antiqued distressed French finish. There are 38 hand-made & polished semi-precious mineral gemstones that measure 20mm (0.7874")  diameter (2 are spares). Color and finish may vary depending on the mining season or production and may include Malachite, Petrified Wood, Petrified Coral, Amethyst, Red, Green & Fancy Jasper, Amazonite, Various Agate, Bloodstone, Lazulite, Chalcedony, Purple Batik, Obsidian, Quartz, Hematite, Azurite, Serpentine, Garnet, Marble.

All the marbles are mined, hand-cut, ground and polished by hand in Madagascar. Madagascar is known for it's unique variety of minerals. Every mineral is by definition unique, giving every solitaire marble set it's own unique character. The game is packaged in a gift box.

The game of Solitaire is reputed to have been invented by a nobleman confined in the Bastille prison during the early years of the French Revolution. The game is played with 36 marbles. The object is to eliminate all but one marble, which should ideally end up in the center of the game board.

This Solitaire gemstone game is not only a beautiful table top centerpiece but is also an irresistible, fun & challenging game to play, which will bring you many hours of enjoyment.

• Size: 1.4'' height x 9.8" diameter
• Size Gemstone Marbles: 20mm (0.7874")  diameter
  
• Material: Hand-made & polished gemstone marbles, non-endangered mahogany wood
  
• Finish: Antiqued distressed French finish
• Gift boxed
  

Peg solitaire is a board game for one player involving movement of pegs on a board with holes. Some sets use marbles in a board with indentations. The game is known simply as Solitaire in the United Kingdom where the card games are called Patience. It is also referred to as Brainvita (especially in India), while one popular commercial version is also used generically, Hi-Q.

According to a popular story, the game was invented by a French aristocrat in the 17th century, when incarcerated in the Bastille, explaining the game's less common name Solo Noble. John Beasley (author of "The Ins and Outs of Peg Solitaire") has extensively searched for evidence to support this, and has found it lacking. The first reference to this story appeared in 1810, more than a hundred years after the alleged event. He believes that the colorful tale is fiction, yet it persists. In other sources, the invention of the game is attributed to the Native Americans—there is also no evidence to support this.

The first evidence of the game can be traced back to the court of Louis XIV, and the specific date of 1697, with an engraving made that year by Claude Auguste Berey of Anne de Rohan-Chabot, Princess of Soubise, with the puzzle by her side. Several works of art from that time show peg solitaire boards, demonstrating that the game was highly fashionable. The article "Peg solitaire" is part of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. HTTPS://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_solitaire

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