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EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH IVORY AND BONE BUST TYPE CHESS SET
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Modelled to represent the French versus the Moors, the kings and queens wearing crowns, the bishops wearing bicorn hats and turbans, the knights on horse back, rooks as turrets, some elements associated
The red king -- 3½ in. (8.9 cm.); the pawn -- 2.3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Modelled to represent the French versus the Moors, the kings and queens wearing crowns, the bishops wearing bicorn hats and turbans, the knights on horse back, rooks as turrets, some elements associated
The red king -- 3½ in. (8.9 cm.); the pawn -- 2.3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
Literature
G. Williams, Master Pieces, Apple Press, 2000, pp. 42-43.
Special notice
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