Chess set
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1760 - 1820
Materials
Ivory and mahogany
Measurements
460 mm (H); 310 mm (W); 230 mm (D)
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Erddig, Wrexham
NT 1146970
Summary
Chess set. A Chinese 18th C. chess set with red and white ivory chessmen, contained in a George III mahogany glazed and panelled case of rectangular shape, with rhomboid upper part, and with a brass handle on top.
Provenance
(i a/b/c) case; (ii-xvii) 16 white pieces; (xviii- (xxxiii) 16 red pieces. (ERD/F/41 i - xxxiii)