Chess set
Category
Toys
Date
c. 1850 - c. 1880
Materials
Bone, Wood
Measurements
112 mm (Width) x 73 mm (Depth); 157 mm (Length)
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Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 997309
Summary
Victorian red and white bone chess game in a mahogany box with sliding lid containing 32 pieces both sets including a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two rooks, and eight pawns . One broken ivory bishop has been mended with red wax.
Full description
A wooden box containing a set of carved and stained (red and white) ivory chessmen.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.