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A Limoges Haviland factory porcelain chess set, designed by J.J. Prolongeau, 20th century
the caricature figures distinguished by gilt and grey highlights on a white ground, decorated pate sur pate with foliate motifs, the pieces of conical outline, kings and queens crowned, bishops as fools, knights as hipocampi, rooks as turrets, pawns as children with tapering hats, the undersides with maker's marks and EX No16 Mr BRONSTEIN, with tiled board, king -- 5 7/8in. (14.8cm) high, pawn -- 4¼in. (10.7cm) high, board -- 28in. (71cm) sq
See Illustration.
the caricature figures distinguished by gilt and grey highlights on a white ground, decorated pate sur pate with foliate motifs, the pieces of conical outline, kings and queens crowned, bishops as fools, knights as hipocampi, rooks as turrets, pawns as children with tapering hats, the undersides with maker's marks and EX No16 Mr BRONSTEIN, with tiled board, king -- 5 7/8in. (14.8cm) high, pawn -- 4¼in. (10.7cm) high, board -- 28in. (71cm) sq
See Illustration.