Lot Essay
According to a typed letter accompanying this lot, the box and board were made to commission. The letter is signed K.L Sorafji.
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Details
An Edwardian travelling ivory Staunton pattern chess set in a fitted rosewood box
The pegged pieces on an inlaid boxwood and rosewood board with locking mechanism, within a Regency style brass bound box, inlaid with central plaque inscribed with the the name Kaikhosru Sorabji MCMXXVI, with keys -- 15½ x 12in. (39.5 x 30.5cm.) the box
The pegged pieces on an inlaid boxwood and rosewood board with locking mechanism, within a Regency style brass bound box, inlaid with central plaque inscribed with the the name Kaikhosru Sorabji MCMXXVI, with keys -- 15½ x 12in. (39.5 x 30.5cm.) the box
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