Danish Bone Chess Set and Board, 19th century antique jaques staunton chess set Ayres mahogany box

Ayres mahogany box

kings with double galleries

the stage designer Carl Toms (1927-1999)

the other side in a darker polished nut brown (with the chamfered edges high-lighted with red stain) with decorative bone mounts

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Danish Bone Chess Set and Board, 19th century antique jaques staunton chess set Ayres mahogany boxA good 19th century Danish bone chess set, one side stained black, the other side left natural, kings with double galleries, queens with single galleries, bishops with caps and small ball finials in the alternate colour, knights as horses heads, rooks as turrets with reeded beehive finials, pawns with baluster knops and elegant small urn finials, the king 8. 7cm high, the pawn 4. 8cm high, together with a 19th century mahogany inlaid chess board box,