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An Indian ivory John Company type chess set
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus bu… Read more
An Indian ivory John Company type chess set

CIRCA 1880

Details
An Indian ivory John Company type chess set Circa 1880
One side stained red to base, the opposing natural, the royal pieces seated in howdahs mounted on elephants, the pawns armed with daggers to the Indian side and muskets to the Company side
King -- 4in. (10.2cm.) high; pawn -- 2in. (5.1cm.) high
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium. All lots sold not cleared by 1.00p.m. on the Thursday following the sale will be removed to the warehouse of: Cadogan Tate Ltd., Fine Art Services Cadogan House, 2 Relay Road London W12 7JS Telephone: 44 (0)20 8753 3700 Facsimile: 44 (0)20 8753 3701 Lots will be available for collection following transfer to Cadogan Tate on the Friday following the sale and every weekday from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHARGE TO PURCHASERS WHO COLLECT THEIR LOTS WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE SALE. On the Thursday one week after the sale, a transfer and administration charge of £18.50 per lot will be payable and a storage charge of £3.20 per lot per day will then come into effect. These charges are payable to Cadogan Tate and are subject to VAT and an insurance surcharge.

Lot Essay

PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT NOTICE CONCERNING EXPORT OF IVORY ON PAGE 5.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
A similar lot was sold from The Ernst Boelhen Collection of Chess Sets, Phillip's, Bond Street, 9th November 1998, lot 126.

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