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A large Old English pattern ebony and boxwood playing chess set, mid 19th century
The kings surmounted with beaded Maltese crosses, the queens with tear-drop finials, in an associated walnut veneered box, king -- 7¾in. (19.7cm.), pawn -- 3in. (7.6cm.) high; and a handwritten letter, dated 1831, containing the listed moves of a game of chess
The kings surmounted with beaded Maltese crosses, the queens with tear-drop finials, in an associated walnut veneered box, king -- 7¾in. (19.7cm.), pawn -- 3in. (7.6cm.) high; and a handwritten letter, dated 1831, containing the listed moves of a game of chess
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