GEISLINGEN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN BUST TYPE CHESS SET
GEISLINGEN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The kings and queens with crowns, the bishops as hussars, the knights as sea-horses, the rooks as turrets, the pawns as soldiers
The king -- 3½ in. (9 cm.) high; the pawn -- 2¾ in. 97 cm.) high

Exhibited

Hamburg Chess Exhibition, 2006.

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Lot Essay

These sets have traditionally been attributed to Dieppe carvers, however, recent research suggests these sets can be attributed to a school of carving based in Geislingen. This set is illustrated in Hans und Barbara Holländer, Schach Partie Durch Zeiten und Welten, Hamburg, Exhibition Catalogue, 2005, fig. 124, page 156.

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