Details
A Furstenberg factory porcelain chess set
the sides yellow and white, the kings in pantaloons, queens cross-legged on cushions, bishops as counsellors, knights as rearing horses' heads, rooks as elephants with howdahs, pawns as crossed-legged Chinamen, all pieces signed underneath, German, early 19th century -- king 4in. (10cm.), pawn 1¾in. (4.5cm.)
See Illustration.
the sides yellow and white, the kings in pantaloons, queens cross-legged on cushions, bishops as counsellors, knights as rearing horses' heads, rooks as elephants with howdahs, pawns as crossed-legged Chinamen, all pieces signed underneath, German, early 19th century -- king 4in. (10cm.), pawn 1¾in. (4.5cm.)
See Illustration.
Literature
A.E.J. Mackett-Beeson, CHESSMEN, 123 illustrations in colour and black and white, Page 45, Ill. 55.