Good “Selenus” Chess Set, German, circa 1790 jaques ivory chess set It was imperative that the

It was imperative that the chairs could withstand rain

the tan/chess squares in cream and brown

Harbourne [with a John Jaques & Son Ltd Minoru instruction pamphlet

the white metal "type" representing the infantry

painted and lacquered with gilt decoration against a red field

Good “Selenus” Chess Set, German, circa 1790 jaques ivory chess set It was imperative that theA Good Selenus Pattern Bone Chess Set, German, Late 18th Century one side stained red, the other side left natural, kings with double galleries and spires in the alternate colour, queens similar, but of smaller size, bishops with cogged central collars and spires in the alternate colour, knights as horses heads, rooks as raised turrets with Islamic crescent moons in the alternate colour, pawns with multi knopped columns, in the original pine box with