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A lead weighted electrotype figural chess set
French, 19th century
the kings seated with a lion cresting, the darker king stamped MAY 25 1852 HENRI MOSSIER PARIS, queens and bishops seated, knights on horse back, rooks of turretted form surmounted by figures blowing a horn, pawns abstract -- king 4 5/8in. (12cm.), pawn 1¾in. (4.5cm.)
French, 19th century
the kings seated with a lion cresting, the darker king stamped MAY 25 1852 HENRI MOSSIER PARIS, queens and bishops seated, knights on horse back, rooks of turretted form surmounted by figures blowing a horn, pawns abstract -- king 4 5/8in. (12cm.), pawn 1¾in. (4.5cm.)