A CARVED AND TURNED BONE `SPANISH PULPIT' CHESS SET

19TH CENTURY

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A CARVED AND TURNED BONE 'SPANISH PULPIT' CHESS SET
19TH CENTURY
Set in a wood box with parquetry top
Kings 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Sold with a letter from Rimington Beeson stating the set is described in Lidells Chessmen, dating the set to circa 1780 and stating it is only one of four known similar sets.

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