Unusual Staunton Chess Set for the Blind, Late 19th Century

Unusual Staunton Chess Set for the Blind, Late 19th CenturyAn unusual Staunton pattern boxwood and ebony chess set for the Blind, late 19th century white bishops with cuts to the sides, white pawns with special thin wedges to the top, white rooks with special thin wedges to the battlements (to differentiate the white side from the black side), the chessmen drilled to take pegs or metal screws, the king 9cm high, the pawn 5cm high, with an accompanying mahogany and rosewood chess board box for the blind, the

Photograph: 28 x 20cm

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Stock Reference: BDJ 1390

including pirate galleons

the box 31cm wide

its skyline peppered with onion domes

pawns with baluster knops and mounted with ball finials

in a green leather "Trolley Car" box or casket

a Knight depicted as a rearing horseman

the alternate raised squares in rosewood and boxwood

the pawn 2 1/2 inches (6cm high) in a late 19th century figured walnut casket

estimates listed in pounds sterling