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PROBABLY RUSSIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Details
A NORTH EUROPEAN CARVED WOOD AND PAINTED CHESS SET
PROBABLY RUSSIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The kings and queens carved as conical imbricated towers with onion shaped domes and gilt painted finials, the rooks as turrets, two replaced and one bishop replaced, some re-decoration
The king -- 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high; the pawn -- 1¼ in. (3 cm.) high
PROBABLY RUSSIAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The kings and queens carved as conical imbricated towers with onion shaped domes and gilt painted finials, the rooks as turrets, two replaced and one bishop replaced, some re-decoration
The king -- 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high; the pawn -- 1¼ in. (3 cm.) high
Literature
Hans & Barbara Holländer, Schach Partie Durch Zeiten und Welten, Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 2005, fig. 134, page 168.
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