28 Oct 2009
12:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge
Chess Sets, Games and Playing Cards
Back to auction 16862
Chess Sets, Games and Playing Cards
Back to auction 16862
An ivory chess set,
England, circa 1860,
one side stained red, the other side left natural, kings with multiple knops and surmounted with Maltese crosses, queens with baluster knops and reeded ball finials, bishops with open mitres, knights as horses' heads, rooks as raised turrets with flags, pawns with reeded ball finials, in a 19th century wooden and mother o'pearl box inlaid with a Masonic motif,
the king 11cm high, the pawn 4cm high, the box 20cm wide.
one side stained red, the other side left natural, kings with multiple knops and surmounted with Maltese crosses, queens with baluster knops and reeded ball finials, bishops with open mitres, knights as horses' heads, rooks as raised turrets with flags, pawns with reeded ball finials, in a 19th century wooden and mother o'pearl box inlaid with a Masonic motif,
the king 11cm high, the pawn 4cm high, the box 20cm wide.
Estimate:
£500 - 700
US$ 750 - 1,100
€580 - 820
US$ 750 - 1,100
€580 - 820
Category: Collectibles / Toys and Dolls
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