A lovely quality mahogany travelling chess set from the Edwardian period (possibly made by Jaques). The lovely colour mahogany box unfolds to reveal a boxwood chess board with stained red and white ivory chess pieces on pegs. The whole box closes perfectly at any stage of the game, and without the need to remove the pieces, this allows you to just pick up where you left off. Old glued split to one edge section of the folding cover does not affect the sheer beauty of this great late Victorian/Edwardian example.English, circa 1890/1900This object incorporates old ivory and has been registered with Defra registration 96JCS85WAll our items can be purchased directly from the product page via PAYPAL (scroll down for Blue PayPal Button) payment, or by contacting us directly if you would prefer to pay via a bank transfer.UK POSTAGE: Our items are professionally and securely packaged; please add £10 for small items, objets d'art (items that can fit into a 20cm x 20cm box), o...