AFTER A DESIGN BY MAX ESSER, MID 20TH CENTURY

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A Meissen porcelain polychrome and gilt Sea-Life chess set
After a design by Max Esser, mid 20th century
One side a coral colour, the other a grey and white, heightened in gilt, the royal pieces as sea anemones, the pawns as starfish, each piece marked with the Meissen mark of crossed swords in an underglaze blue
King -- 3¼in.(8.2cm.); pawn -- 3/4in. (2cm.) 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 LITERATURE
A similar lot sold at Sotheby's New York, English and Continental Chess Sets, The Property of a Private Collector, 4-5th October 1979, lot 569. Also in these rooms, 27th September 1994, lot 5.

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