A GERMAN PAINTED CAST-IRON FIGURAL CHESS SET
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A GERMAN PAINTED CAST-IRON FIGURAL CHESS SET

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN PAINTED CAST-IRON FIGURAL CHESS SET
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The figures representing William I, King of Prussia with his wife, Augusta, versus Napoleon III and his wife, Eugénie, the pawns modelled as Prussian infantrymen versus French Zouaves
The king -- 3½ in. (9 cm.) high; the pawn -- 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high
出版
Hans & Barbara Holländer, Schach Partie Durch Zeiten und Welten, Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 2005, fig. 250, page 251.
Zur Der Könige, Chess Collectors International Exhibition Catalogue, Munich, 1988, fig. 55, page 53.
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This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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This chess set depicts combatants of the Franco-Prussian war (1870-1).