A FRENCH CARVED BONE BUST TYPE CHESS SET
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A FRENCH CARVED BONE BUST TYPE CHESS SET

DIEPPE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH CARVED BONE BUST TYPE CHESS SET
DIEPPE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The queens with gilt-heightened crowns, the bishops on the stained side as turbanned North Africans, versus the white bishops modelled wearing a cap, the knights on horseback, the rooks as turrets, the pawns as coiffured gentlemen versus blackamoors
The king -- 2½in. (6.5cm.) high; the pawn -- 1 7/8in. (4.7cm.) high
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