19th-Century Fleet Street Ivory Chess Set

An ivory chess set, England, probably Fleet Street, London, 19th century, one side stained red, the other side left natural, kings surmounted with Maltese crosses, queens with fleur-de-lys, bishops with open mitres, knights as horses' heads, rooks as turrets, pawns with ball finials, in a wooden box, the king 8.5cm high, the pawn 3.5cm high.


	19th-Century Fleet Street Ivory Chess Set



Jon's main chess page		An ivory chess set, England, probably Fleet Street, London, 19th century, one side stained red, the other side left natural, kings surmounted with Maltese crosses, queens with fleur-de-lys, bishops with open mitres, knights as horses' heads, rooks as turrets, pawns with ball finials, in a wooden box, the king 8.5cm high, the pawn 3.5cm high.	HOME