Luke Honey Ltd has dated this piece to the Victorian era.
one side stained red, the other side left natural, kings and queens with multi baluster knops, bishops with split mitres, knights as carved horses’ heads and rooks as monobloc turrets, pawns with turned reeded bases and ball finials, in a wooden box with a hinged lid and two hinged clasps.
King: 10.1cm high
Pawn: 3.9cm
Box: 17.6cm x 16cm x 7.4cm
Stock Reference: AS 2037
Note: The classic English chess pattern. Used throughout the Victorian period as an alternative to the Staunton pattern (invented in 1849).
Luke Honey Ltd has dated this piece to the Victorian era.
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Classic English ‘Barleycorn’ Bone Chess Set, 19th Century
