A GERMAN TURNED FRUITWOOD 'BARLEYCORN' TYPE CHESS SET

POSSIBLY NUREMBERG, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN TURNED FRUITWOOD 'BARLEYCORN' TYPE CHESS SET
POSSIBLY NUREMBERG, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The kings and queens with turned finials
The king -- 3 7/8 in. (9.7 cm.) high; the pawn -- 1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) high
Together with a sycamore and fruitwood canvas lined folding games board -- 13½ x 13½ in. (34.5 x 34.5 cm.)

Literature

Hans & Barbara Holländer, Schach Partie Durch Zeiten und Welten, Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 2005, fig. 214, page 232.

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Lot Essay

These are similar to the English patterns but the knights' heads loosely resemble those of seahorses, a trait of German 19th Century sets. Patterns were printed by the firm A.Kolb, Nuremberg from 1840-50. See Michael Mark, British Chess Sets, 1986.

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