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LATE 19TH CENTURY
Details
A TURNED IVORY CHESS SET
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The opposing sides carved as busts on baluster-turned supports and on ring-turned moulded feet, the whites modelled as Europeans, the blacks modelled as Africans and orientals -of which two bishops European; associated-
white king 8.3 cm. high; black king 8.7 cm. high
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The opposing sides carved as busts on baluster-turned supports and on ring-turned moulded feet, the whites modelled as Europeans, the blacks modelled as Africans and orientals -of which two bishops European; associated-
white king 8.3 cm. high; black king 8.7 cm. high
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