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Property from the Estate of Leona M. Helmsley
AN ELIZABETH II NOVELTY SILVER CHESS SET OF AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY THEME
MARK OF ANTHONY GORDON ELSON, LONDON, 1972-1793
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AN ELIZABETH II NOVELTY SILVER CHESS SET OF AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY THEME
MARK OF ANTHONY GORDON ELSON, LONDON, 1972-1793
The figural pieces modeled as protagonists from both sides of the American Revolutionary War, the king and queen of one set George III and Queen Charlotte, the other George and Martha Washington, the pawns of East India Company tea-chest form or formed as American Indians, each piece engraved 1797 under base, the set in two fitted wooden and velvet-lined boxes, each box with a key, each piece marked on base, engraved with year 1797
King George III 4 in. (10.2 cm.) high; 302 oz. (9415 gr.) (32)
MARK OF ANTHONY GORDON ELSON, LONDON, 1972-1793
The figural pieces modeled as protagonists from both sides of the American Revolutionary War, the king and queen of one set George III and Queen Charlotte, the other George and Martha Washington, the pawns of East India Company tea-chest form or formed as American Indians, each piece engraved 1797 under base, the set in two fitted wooden and velvet-lined boxes, each box with a key, each piece marked on base, engraved with year 1797
King George III 4 in. (10.2 cm.) high; 302 oz. (9415 gr.) (32)
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Please note the date should read 1972-1973