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Staunton Style Chess Set

$666.51

£495

€583.71

CA$923.37

A$1,035.62

CHF 542.34

MX$12,583.75

NOK 6,886.76

SEK 6,529.13

DKK 4,357.10

About the Item

Antique Staunton Style Chess Set With Board. A Staunton style chess set with wooden chess pieces with wide turned bases for added stability. The chess set comprises of thirty-two pieces, four Knights featuring the head and neck of a horse. Two kings, being the tallest pieces at 8 cm high, both with a stylised crown topped with a cross whilst the two Queens feature a coronet topped with a tiny ball (7 cm high). The four Rooks are towers (castles) with a crenelation top and the four Bishops with mitres. The sixteen Pawns are the smallest pieces at 4 cm high and are topped by a plain ball. All the pieces with a collar except the rooks and knights. The pieces come in a long mahogany box (9 cm high, 41 ½ cm wide & 10 cm deep), size shown is for the board, squares are 4.8 cm square. Staunton chess sets were first made available by Jaques to the general public on 29th September 1849 and quickly became the standard style. The journalist Nathaniel Cooke (editor for the Illustrated London News) had registered his design earlier that year at the Patent Office on 1 March and named the style after the leading English chess master at the time, Howard Staunton. Staunton published chess articles for the Illustrated London News and was asked to endorse the chess sets by Cooke. The first 500 Jaques sets were numbered and hand-signed by Staunton who promoted the product for Jaques and ridiculed and disrespected all other designs of chessmen. Dimensions: Height 41 cm / 16 1⁄4" Width 41 cm / 16 1⁄4" Depth 2 cm / 1"

Dimensions:

Height: 16.15 in (41 cm)Width: 16.15 in (41 cm)Depth: 0.79 in (2 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Boxwood

Place of Origin:

United Kingdom

Period:

20th Century

Date of Manufacture:

C.1930s

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use. Generally, in very good order, black pieces with slight rubbing to the black lacquer. A few pieces with chips. White:- King & Queen with small chip on base. One knight & one Pawn also with small chip to base. Black:- Queen, one Rook & one Pawn with s.

Seller Location:

Oxfordshire, GB

Reference Number:

Seller: 306971stDibs: LU975745526292

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Category

Early 20th Century British Games

Materials

Boxwood