A German wood chess set, probably early 19th century

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A German wood chess set, probably early 19th century
in light and dark hues, the baluster urn-shaped stems intesected by serrated cups and discs with onion dome finials, knights with horses' heads, rooks as turrets with with domed cupola surmounts, king -- 3 5/8in. (9.2cm) high, pawn -- 1¾in. (4.5cm) high
See Illustration.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Hans and Siegfried Wichmann, Chess, Crown, New York 1960. Comparisons can be made with the development of Central and Northern European chessmen of the so called 'silenus' type, P.303, fig.126.
Victor Keats, Chessmen for Collectors, Batsford, London 1985. P.72-6, fig86.

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