Chess set
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ebony, Glass, Ivory
Measurements
550 mm (Length)190 mm (H)
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Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire
NT 1129822
Summary
Carved ivory chess set; ivory; the Chinese pieces carved with Chinese dress and features, dyed red, the white pieces carved with European dress and features [though betraying Chinese workmanship] Castle-carved elephant; knight-on horseback; pawns-soldiers (32 pieces). Board of ivory and ebony veneer. Chinese, mid/late 19th century. Glass case made c.1960 (crack in one side).