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Staunton Style Chess Set
$2,667.15
£1,950
€2,292.74
CA$3,712.54
A$3,984.39
CHF 2,135.79
MX$47,950.28
NOK 26,929.14
SEK 24,555.64
DKK 17,126.78
About the Item
Large Antique Staunton Style Chess Figures.
A large Staunton style chess set with Ebonised and Boxwood weighted chess pieces. The pieces with wide bases for added stability, underside of each chess piece being covered with felt allowing the pieces to slide more easily across the chess board. The chess set comprises of thirty-two pieces, four Knights featuring the head and neck of a horse. Two kings, being the tallest pieces at 11½ cm high, both with a crown topped with a cross whilst the two Queens feature a coronet topped with a tiny ball (10 cm high). The four Rooks are towers (castles) with a crenelation top and the four Bishops with mitres. The sixteen Pawns are the smallest pieces at 5½ cm high and are topped by a plain ball. All the pieces with a collar except the rooks and knights, with a single white Rook with a red crown painted onto the top.
The antique mahogany box with hinged lid and green baize interior. Size shown is for the storage box.
Staunton chess sets were first made available by Jaques to the general public on 29th September 1849 and quickly became the standard style. The journalist Nathaniel Cooke (editor for the Illustrated London News) had registered his design earlier that year at the Patent Office on 1 March and named the style after the leading English chess master at the time, Howard Staunton. Staunton published chess articles for the Illustrated London News and was asked to endorse the chess sets by Cooke. The first 500 Jaques sets were numbered and hand-signed by Staunton who promoted the product for Jaques and ridiculed and disrespected all other designs of chessmen.
Dimensions:
Height
11.5 cm / 4 "
Width
26 cm / 10 "
Depth
18.5 cm / 7 "
- Dimensions:Height: 4.53 in (11.5 cm)Width: 10.24 in (26 cm)Depth: 7.29 in (18.5 cm)
- Materials and Techniques:
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:Circa 1920 s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Pieces are in excellent condition, the black King has a small dent to his crown and one black pawn has had its collar repaired.
- Seller Location:Oxfordshire, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: 306791stDibs: LU975745525912
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