CIRCA 1850

Details

A Continental ivory figural chess set
Circa 1850
One side stained red, the opposing natural, the royal figures carved in medieval style coronation regalia, the white bishops as ecclesiastical figures holding bibles, the red bishops as page boys also holding bibles
King -- 4½in. (11.5cm.); pawn -- 2¾in. (7cm.) 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 described as Dieppe was sold in these Rooms, 25th June 1997, lot 703, hammer price £8000
Alex Hammond, The Book of Chessmen, Arthur Barker Ltd 1950, page 132, plate XXXIII illustrates a similar set.
Exhibition catalogue, Staaliches Museum fur Volkerkunde Munchen, Privatsammlung Jaegar, Wandel im Laufe der Kunst - und Kulturgeschichte, U. Siebert, J.L Rousselot. A Jaeger,.H Jaeger page 61.

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