AFTER A DESIGN BY GEORGE TINWORTH, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY

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A pottery mouse chess set
After a design by George Tinworth, first quarter 20th century
Pieces modelled as mice seated on their haunches, one side in a predominately mushroom glaze the other cream, the crowns and further details heightened with gilt, the kings incised in blue with the initials G T at the rear
King -- 31/8in. (8cm.) high; pawn -- 2.1./2in. (6.4cm.) high

Special notice

VAT rate of 17.5% 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

COMPARATIVE LITEREATURE
Victor Keats, Illustrated Guide to World Chess Sets, Batsford Ltd, 1985, page 143. Reference is made to this design, commissioned by Royal Doulton and originally made in stoneware. There are no production records and apparently only two or three sets with coloured pieces are known to have survived from 1885.

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