HERE ON OFFER IS A VINTAGE LATE 19th CENTURY ENGLISH RAILWAY TRAVEL CHESS SET SIMILAR SET WERE SEEN IN 1910 JAQUES CATALOGUE BUT THERE ARE NO MAKER MARKS TO THE BOX BUT OFTEN JAQUES SETS WERE NMADE TO SUPPLY GAMES AND TOYS RETAILERS THAT MAYBE WHY THERE ARE NO JAQUES STAMPS, THIS SET WAS PROBABLY MADE FROM AROUND 1890-1910 OR SO THE CHESS PIECES ARE FROM A SINGLE LOG IN MILKY WHITE AND RED STAINED TO DISTINGUISH EACH SIDE, IS A NICE TRAVEL CHESS SET SUITABLE FOR PLAYERS AND COLLECTORS THE CHESSMEN SIZE ARE ABOUT 20mm PEGS INCLUDED THE CHESS SET COME WITH THE ORIGINAL FOLDING CHESS BOARD WHICH WHEN FOLDED BECOME THE BOX, THE STRUCTURE IS HAND CRAFTED FROM SOLID POLISHED ROSEWOOD THE PLAYING SURFACE IS NICELY INLAID WITH WALNUT AND BIRCH, THE WOODWORK SHOW A NICE TOFFY PATINA THE CHESS BOARD DIMENSION WHEN UNFOLDED ARE 18 X 17.
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