It was imperative that the chairs could withstand rain
A Jaques & Son Congress Chess Timer
knights with ‘spiked helmets’
the exterior for chess (alternate squares in rosewood and boxwood)
The Prince of Wales' feathers motto (Ich Dien) is indented in gilt (rather than painted) to the chair back
Vizagapatam Export Chess Set, circa 1840 fox-hunting game It was imperative that theAn Anglo Indian Export ivory Chess Set, Vizagapatam, circa 1840 one side stained red, the other side left natural, kings with foliate decoration and pieced tops surmounted with crosses, queens with floral tops, bishops as mitres, knights as horses heads, rooks as raised turrets with flags King: 14. 2cm high Pawn: 5. 4cm high Stock Reference: ALB 1672