Chess piece
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
circa 1850
Materials
Ivory
Measurements
56 mm (Width); 28 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
India
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 11142.3.1.16
Summary
One of the eight white pawn chess pieces from an ebony and ivory-veneered games box, Visakhapatnam, circa 1850, in the form of two hinged books, (NT11142.1.1). Made of ivory with a circular plinth base, turned stem and enlarged belly section.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.