Lot Essay
A similar Austrian set is illustrated in Victor Keats, The Illustrated Guide to World Chess Sets, Batsford 1985, page 89, fig. 101, in which the example is dated 1810, together with a board.
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AN AUSTRIAN SILVER-GILT AND SILVER FIGURAL CHESS SET
LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The kings with marks to the underside
The king -- 2 7/8in. (7cm.) high; the pawn -- 1 5/8in. (4cm.) high
LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The kings with marks to the underside
The king -- 2 7/8in. (7cm.) high; the pawn -- 1 5/8in. (4cm.) high
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