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CIRCA 1850
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A VICTORIAN ORNAMENTALLY TURNED IVORY CHESS SET
CIRCA 1850
The royal pieces with crown surmounts, bishops with cleft mitres, knights with horses' heads, rooks as turrets, pawns with knop finials, some restoration
The king -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) high; the pawn -- 2 1/8in. (5.5cm.) high
CIRCA 1850
The royal pieces with crown surmounts, bishops with cleft mitres, knights with horses' heads, rooks as turrets, pawns with knop finials, some restoration
The king -- 4½in. (11.5cm.) high; the pawn -- 2 1/8in. (5.5cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, South Kensington, 7 April 2004, lot 153.
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