French 'Pique-Sable' Set, circa 1900

French 'Pique-Sable' Set, circa 1900A French Bone Jonchets Set (otherwise known as 'Pique Sable'), circa 1900 the bone pieces making up a chess set, one side with polychrome decoration in red and green: king and queen with crowns, bishops wearing bi corn hats, knights as arched horse's heads, rooks as flags, pawns as sticks, in attractive Chinoiserie lacquered pen box, with gilt decoration against a black ground King: 13. 5cm high Pawn: approx. 8. 4cm high Box: 20cm wide, 5. 6cm deep,

soft pine panel to the reverse

John: The Collectable World of Mabel Lucie Atwell

kings as elephants with prices riding in howdahs (the elephant trunks wrapped around tigers)

under whom William Lund had been previously apprenticing

- 6 19th century ivory die

very happy to remove it from the frame and send in a cardboard tube

in a simulated dark grey 'crocodile' or 'lizard' hinged presentation case

East and West)

fitted with green baize inside and with a hinged lid and key

8 Bonus Tiles (Flowers)

Stock Ref: LH 1291

the hidden section beneath holding a set of thirty two 19th century Chinese Export Cantonese ivory filigree counters: the front panel folding down to reveal a pegged bone Staunton pattern chess set