POSSIBLY LUND, MID 19TH CENTURY

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AN ENGLISH TURNED IVORY PLAYING CHESS SET
POSSIBLY LUND, MID 19TH CENTURY
The kings and queens with ball finials enclosed within open-work crowns on concentrically turned and ribbed bodies, the bishops with pierced mitres, the rooks as towers with high-lighted brickwork and acorn finials
The king -- 4in. (10cm.) high; the pawn -- 2 1/8in. (5.5cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Michael Mark discusses and illustrates a set by William Lund, of similar concentrically turned baluster form with ornamental embellishments and similar rooks. Mark also refers to Indian sets of an identical design. See British Chess Sets 1700-1950, catalogue published by Asprey and Chess Collectors International, May 1986, exhibit 6.

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