Lot Essay
This type of set was still being sold up until World War I. See Michael Mark British Chess Sets, Exhibition Catalogue, V&A, May 1986.
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JAQUES & SON, LONDON, CIRCA 1860
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A VICTORIAN LEATHER, BOXWOOD AND EBONY PORTABLE 'B.C.D.' CHESS SET
JAQUES & Son, LONDON, CIRCA 1860
The cylindrical leather case gilt embossed PORTABLE B.C.D BOARD JAQUES, PATENTEE, LONDON, containing disc chess and draughts pieces with relief cast plaster symbols, two leather shakers, a rolled games and backgammon board in two sections
8 1/8in. (20.5cm.) wide
JAQUES & Son, LONDON, CIRCA 1860
The cylindrical leather case gilt embossed PORTABLE B.C.D BOARD JAQUES, PATENTEE, LONDON, containing disc chess and draughts pieces with relief cast plaster symbols, two leather shakers, a rolled games and backgammon board in two sections
8 1/8in. (20.5cm.) wide
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