Lot 576 , Two Staunton chess sets, Kings 7.7 and 8.2cm
Two Staunton chess sets, Kings 7.7 and 8.2cm
Estimate £40-60
Brown and tan chess set perhaps tagua, not ivory. Cream set two pawns each lacking finial; each bishop with chipped and each with chipped and incomplete neck. Tan set, one bishop neck chipped and incomplete. One pawn lacking finial. Other set, one cream bishop neck chipped and incomplete. Black set similarly one bishop neck chipped and incomplete; one pawn chipped and incomplete at base.
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Sold for £45