LATE 20TH CENTURY

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A CARVED IVORY 'SEA-LIFE' CHESS SET
LATE 20TH CENTURY
After an eighteenth century model, the kings modelled as Neptune, the queens as mermaids, bishops as fish, knights as sea-horses, rooks as octupi, pawns as fish
The king -- 4¼in. (10.8cm.); the pawn -- 2in. (5cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Bill Jones illustrates several pieces from a piscatorial set turned and carved by his father, Bertram Jones, see Notes from the Turning Shop, and Further Notes from The Turning-Shop, Woodturning Magazine issues 23- 42, 1996 and 1997. These are closely comparable in style of carving and with similar rounded edges to the bases. A related Italian 18th Century protype is illustrated in Wichmann CHESS, Crown Publishers, Inc. New York, fig.152. For further discussion see Alan Dewey, Bertram Jones 1885-1969; Journeyman Ivory Turner and Maker of Fine Chess Sets.

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