English “Staunton” Chess Set, circa 1900

English “Staunton” Chess Set, circa 1900An English Staunton Pattern boxwood and ebonised chess set, circa 1900, the king 9cm high, the pawn 5cm high, with green felt bases, in a mahogany box with a sliding lid, the interior lined in green baize, 20 cm wide. Stock Reference: LH 1403

rooks as raised pierced turrets surmounted with Islamic crescents

8 blank tiles

15th April 1980

Stock Reference: TMB 1555

striking image of pilot and navigator in the cockpit of a French flying boat

of painted and lacquered wood

battlements and original ‘screw-in’ flags

with leather pulls

together with a set of 30 turned wooden backgammon counters (15 in boxwood and 15 in coromandel)

telegraph troops and skirmishers

and a red leather and gilt shaker and die

in a wooden and metal mounted box or chest of a later date