European Ivory Chess Set

An ivory chess set, Central Europe, late 18th or early 19th century, one side stained brown, the other side left natural, kings with double galleries, queens with single galleries, bishops with pierced urn-shaped finials, knights with horses' heads, rooks as raised turrets, pawns with baluster knops and "tear-drop" finials, the king 9cm high, the pawn 6cm high.


	European Ivory Chess Set



Jon's main chess page		An ivory chess set, Central Europe, late 18th or early 19th century, one side stained brown, the other side left natural, kings with double galleries, queens with single galleries, bishops with pierced urn-shaped finials, knights with horses' heads, rooks as raised turrets, pawns with baluster knops and "tear-drop" finials, the king 9cm high, the pawn 6cm high.	HOME