Luke Honey Ltd has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
the red leather cylindrical tube gilt-stamped: PORTABLE B. C. D. BOARD... JAQUES PATENTEE, LONDON, the rolled cloth board for chess and backgammon, incorporating a hinged red leather case with further gilt tooling, 16 turned boxwood counters, 16 turned ebony counters (motifs for chess side, plain turning for backgammon or draughts the other), two bone dice, and two red leather and gilt shakers, also used as sliding stops
Length: 20.7cm
Width: 4.9cm
Stock Reference: MJ 1978
Reference: Interesting Victorian Jaques travelling chess set.
Two leather shakers fit on either end and act, at the same time, as 'end stops'.
Lovely design, and now quite scarce. B. C. D. stands for 'Backgammon- Chess- Draughts', and the three games are ingeniously incorporated into the red leather tube. The B. C. D. set was first patented by Jaques in 1859.
Luke Honey Ltd has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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Antique Jaques Portable BCD Travelling Chess Set
