A SOUTH TYROLEAN PAINTED WOOD AND PARCEL-GILT BUST TYPE CHESS SET
A SOUTH TYROLEAN PAINTED WOOD AND PARCEL-GILT BUST TYPE CHESS SET

POSSIBLY GRÖDNERTAL, MID-19TH CENTURY

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A SOUTH TYROLEAN PAINTED WOOD AND PARCEL-GILT BUST TYPE CHESS SET
POSSIBLY GRÖDNERTAL, MID-19TH CENTURY
The kings and queens carved in regalia, the bishops as guardsmen in plumed helmets, the pawns as guardsmen, on turned wasisted socles
The king -- 3½ in. (9 cm.) high; the pawn -- 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) high
Literature
Hans & Barbara Holländer, Schach Partie Durch Zeiten und Welten, Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 2005, fig. 113, page 148.

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