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BY JAQUES, LONDON, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A VICTORIAN IVORY STAUNTON CHESS SET
BY JAQUES, LONDON, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The white king stamped 'JAQUES LONDON', one knight and rook to each side stamped with crown
Kings -- 3½ in. (9 cm.); pawns -- 1½ in. (4 cm.) high
Together with a carton-pierre box with green label, circa 1870, printed 'THE STAUNTON CHESS-MEN. TWO PRIZE MEDALS AWARDED 1862. JAQUES, LONDON.' and signed facsimile 'H. STAUNTON'; and a Victorian carton-pierre mounted leather folding board, the exterior modelled with pierced Gothic tracery, the interior gilt-tooled with interlaced border and inscribed 'BLACK' and 'WHITE' at either end, together with 'LEUCHARS PICCADILLY' (3)
BY JAQUES, LONDON, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The white king stamped 'JAQUES LONDON', one knight and rook to each side stamped with crown
Kings -- 3½ in. (9 cm.); pawns -- 1½ in. (4 cm.) high
Together with a carton-pierre box with green label, circa 1870, printed 'THE STAUNTON CHESS-MEN. TWO PRIZE MEDALS AWARDED 1862. JAQUES, LONDON.' and signed facsimile 'H. STAUNTON'; and a Victorian carton-pierre mounted leather folding board, the exterior modelled with pierced Gothic tracery, the interior gilt-tooled with interlaced border and inscribed 'BLACK' and 'WHITE' at either end, together with 'LEUCHARS PICCADILLY' (3)
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