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A shell chess set, 20th century
in light and dark hues, royal pieces with cowrie shell crowns, bishops as kneeling knights, knights as dried sea-horses, rooks as towers, pawns modelled from snails, king -- 5 3/8in. (16.2cm) high, pawn -- 2 1/8in. (5.3cm) high; a set composed of animal teeth; a part plaster set, on a fable theme, in red and white hues, king as a lion in human clothing; an erotic set; and a ceramic set on a rural theme (5)
in light and dark hues, royal pieces with cowrie shell crowns, bishops as kneeling knights, knights as dried sea-horses, rooks as towers, pawns modelled from snails, king -- 5 3/8in. (16.2cm) high, pawn -- 2 1/8in. (5.3cm) high; a set composed of animal teeth; a part plaster set, on a fable theme, in red and white hues, king as a lion in human clothing; an erotic set; and a ceramic set on a rural theme (5)