CIRCA 1900

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An Austrian silvered metal mounted oak games compendium
Circa 1900
Comprising; a chess set with two colour bishops, draughts pieces, bone mounted wood dominoe pieces, playing cards and a wood inlaid games board
The king -- 2 5/8in. (6.7cm.) high; the pawn -- 1 3/8in. (3.5cm.) high; the compendium -- 12¾in. (32.3cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Thomas H. Thomas, The Chessmen used in the Vienna Coffee Houses, Chess Collectors International, Congress Program, Vienna 1998, page 22. For a related chess set with two colours used for the bishop see fig.7. This form prevailed from circa 1860 into the first half of the 20th century.

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