English Boxwood Chess Set, 18th century antique games board These stools were made especially

These stools were made especially for H

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kings and queens with fluted neo-classical columns

“Sculptural Objects”

English Boxwood Chess Set, 18th century antique games board These stools were made especiallyAn Old English boxwood chess set, 18th century one side ebonised a dark brown colour, kings and queens with baluster knops, queens surmounted with balls, bishops as split mitres, knights with cleft tops, rooks as raised bulbous rusticated turrets, the king, the pawn 8. 2cm high, the pawn 3. 9cm high, in a wooden box with a sliding lid, 17. 3cm wide. Scarce. Stock Reference: PO 1482 Reference: Michael Mark, British Chess Sets, exhibit 1 for a similar