EARLY 20TH CENTURY

These carved sets are ornamental rather than for play. For similar mid-19th Century examples see Michael Mark, Chessmen Practical and Ornamental, Asprey and CCI, May 1986, fig. 25. A similar set sold The Dr Jean-Claude Cholet Collection of Chess Sets, Christie's, South Kensington, 2 May 2007, lot 47, £17,000.