A VICTORIAN CARVED AND TURNED BONE 'BARLEYCORN' CHESS SET
A VICTORIAN CARVED AND TURNED BONE 'BARLEYCORN' CHESS SET

MID-19TH CENTURY

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A VICTORIAN CARVED AND TURNED BONE 'BARLEYCORN' CHESS SET
MID-19TH CENTURY
The king -- 3 7/8 in. (9.7 cm.) high; the pawn -- 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high
Together with and a leather bound folding games board, of double volume form embossed 'HIST' OF SCOTLAND 1 2', for chess and backgammon -- 15 in. (38 cm.) wide
Literature
Hans & Barbara Holländer, Schach Partie Durch Zeiten und Welten, Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 2005, fig. 211, page 232.

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