HERE ON OFFER IS A RARE LARGE CLUB SIZE CHESS OLD ST.GEORGE PATTERN THIS HUGE CHESS SET IS DATING FROM AROUND 1850-60s OR SO, THE CHESS PIECES ARE WELL TURNED FROM HARD WOOD POSSIBLY FRUIT WOOD NOT BOXWOOD AND JET BLACK EBONISED WOOD, THE WHITE SET SHOW A REMARKABLE TOFFEE PATINA NATURALY GAINED WITH AGE AND USE IS AN IMPOSING CHESS SET THE PIECES ARE VERY ROBUST AND CHUNCKY SO NICE TO HOLD, THE MAIN FEATURE OF COURSE ARE THE DIMENSIONS BUT THE SOVERING HAVING SPLIT LOWER COLLARS AND THE KING HEADS DESIGN IS SIMILAR TO THE CALVERT, THE QUEEN HAVING A LARGE RIBBED HEAD WITH POINTED FINAL, THE LARGE BISHOPS SHOWING RIBBED MITRES NOT OFTEN SEEN IN ANTIQUE ST.
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