BY ALFRED SCHLEGGE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN AMBER FIGURAL CHESS SET
BY ALFRED SCHLEGGE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The opposing transparent and opaque sides modelled as Medieval figures, the bishops kneeling with flags, the knights as rearing horses, rooks as turrets and pawns holding implements
The king -- 2½ in. (6 cm.) high; the pawn -- 2 in. (5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Amber has long been prized for it's transulcent beauty, and in earlier times for its magical qualities, favoured in 16th and 17th Century Germany. A comparable 20th Century German chess set of amber depicting figures in a similar style and posture is illustrated in Zug Der Könige, Chess Collectors Catalogue, Munich 1988, figure 67.

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