Travel chess set
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
c. 1880 - c. 1900
Materials
Wood and bone
Measurements
131.7 mm (Width) x 17 mm (Depth); 131.7 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 997527
Summary
Travel chess set consisting of a folding board that turns into a box to contain 14 white bone pieces and 8 red bone pieces. The set is incomplete.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.