AFTER A DESIGN BY MAX ESSER, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A Meissen stoneware Ferdinand the Bull chess set
After a design by Max Esser, early 20th century
One side a terracotta hue, the opposing side a darker hue, all pieces incised with the Meissen crossed sword mark and incised with serial number H300d
King -- 4in. (10.2cm.); pawn -- 1¾in. (4.5cm.) 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

Max Esser (1885-1945) trained as a sculptor and designed for Meissen between 1920 and 1926. COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
A similar lot was sold at Phillips, Bond Street, The Ernst Boehlen Chess Collection, 9th November 1998, lot 91. Sotheby's New York, The Harbeson Chess Collection, 4-5th October 1979, lot 484.
Colleen Schafroth, Sculptures in Miniature: Chess Sets from the Maryhill Museum of Art, 1990 Maryhill Museum of Art, page 47.

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