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A Macao ornately carved chess set, 19th century
stained red and natural, kings and queens with pierced foliate crowns, the bishops as carved mitres, the knights as horses' heads, the rooks with castellated turrets surmounted by central flags, stems of pierced carved baluster form, three pawns and one knight replaced - king 4 in. (10cm.), pawn 2,in. (5.6cm); with a folding book bound leather games board, the interior for backgammon and the spine inscribed History of England Volume I & II - 17.5/8,in. (44.5cm)
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stained red and natural, kings and queens with pierced foliate crowns, the bishops as carved mitres, the knights as horses' heads, the rooks with castellated turrets surmounted by central flags, stems of pierced carved baluster form, three pawns and one knight replaced - king 4 in. (10cm.), pawn 2,in. (5.6cm); with a folding book bound leather games board, the interior for backgammon and the spine inscribed History of England Volume I & II - 17.5/8,in. (44.5cm)
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