Chessboard
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1701 - 1800
Materials
Ebony and ivory
Measurements
38 x 530 x 265 mm
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246439.2
Summary
Chessboard of ebony and ivory, from 18th century Indian chess set, given to Mrs Greville by Queen Mary.
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey Study, page 14. discovered in Basement by House Steward