Luke Honey Ltd has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
one side stained nut brown, the other side left natural, kings and queen with galleries and slender finials, bishops with tear-drop spires, knights as horse's heads, rooks of cylindrical form with tear-drop finials, pawns with baluster knops and tear-drop finials, in a rectangular wooden box; with an antique wooden German board/box, the exterior for chess, the interior for backgammon or tric-trac with colourful points in red and green [3]
King: 9.6cm high
Pawn: 4.9cm high
Box: 18.5cm wide, 8.9cm deep, 5.7cm high
Board: 26.6cm wide (when closed), 5.5cm high (when closed)
Stock Reference: MJ 1866
Luke Honey Ltd has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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Antique German Selenus Chess Set & Board, Early 19th Century
