An Edinburgh ebony and boxwood chess set of upright pattern, 19th century
An Edinburgh ebony and boxwood chess set of upright pattern, 19th century

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An Edinburgh ebony and boxwood chess set of upright pattern, 19th century
the pieces with slender tapering shafts, the kings with campana-shaped crowns, the queens with spherical-shaped finials, the bishops with cleft mitres, the knights with horses' heads, the rooks of castelated turret form, the pawns with ball knop finials, king -- 4.1/8in. (10.5cm) high; pawn -- 2in. (5cm) high

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