1 May 2012
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London, Knightsbridge
Chess Sets, Playing Cards and Games
Back to auction 19802
Chess Sets, Playing Cards and Games
Back to auction 19802
A Gothic "Neotypos" disc chess set,
by Pinches & Billter, 1849,
the chessmen of pressed electrotype, one side with a "bronzed" patination, the other side "silvered", the kings signed: I. R. & W. Pinches Fec., kings as Prince Albert, queens as Queen Victoria, bishops with mitres, knights as helmets in the Gothic manner, rooks as turrets, pawns as the Tudor rose, with the Garter motto Honi Soit Qui May Y Pense, each side fitted into a cylindrical printed paper covered tube with registration lozenge for 8th October, 1849 to the top, and signed: Neotypos Chess Men...Registered Oct 8th 1849,
each disc 3.5cm in diameter, the tube or cylinder 8.5cm long.
the chessmen of pressed electrotype, one side with a "bronzed" patination, the other side "silvered", the kings signed: I. R. & W. Pinches Fec., kings as Prince Albert, queens as Queen Victoria, bishops with mitres, knights as helmets in the Gothic manner, rooks as turrets, pawns as the Tudor rose, with the Garter motto Honi Soit Qui May Y Pense, each side fitted into a cylindrical printed paper covered tube with registration lozenge for 8th October, 1849 to the top, and signed: Neotypos Chess Men...Registered Oct 8th 1849,
each disc 3.5cm in diameter, the tube or cylinder 8.5cm long.
Sold for
£4,375
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Reference: the registration number is 62879, "Ornamental Design For a set of NEOTYPOS Chess Men Registerd For Messrs Pinches & Billter Die Sinkers of No. 27 Oxenden Street", see Bloomsbury Auctions: "Fine Chess Sets & Traditional Games", Thursday, 14th April 2005, Lot 119 for a similar set.
Provenance: Bloomsbury Auctions, "Chess & Traditional Games", May 18th 2006, lot 92B.
Category: Collectibles / Toys and Dolls
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