ANTIQUE OR VINTAGE CHESS SET AUSTRIAN COFFEE HOUSE K 72 mm AND ORIG BOARD. AND QUEEN WITH BALAUSTER HEADS SURMOUNTED BY POINTED FINALS END TOP, THE KNIGHTS ARE WELL HAND SCULPTED THE BISHOPS WITH CONTRASTING COLOR TOPS IMPOSING FULL TOWERS AS ROOKS, THERE ARE GREEN BOTTOM FELTS UNDER THE BASES, THE WOODWORK SHOW A NICE PATINA TO THE FRUIT WOOD SET AND BOTH STILL RETAIN PART OF THE ORIGINAL POLISH FINISH EXCELLENT ADDITION TO ANY ANTIQUE CHESS COLLECTIONS RARE SET THE KING STAND AT 72mm OR A TAD TO 3 THE BASE IS 25mm THE PAWN IS 40mm THE BASE IS 24mm THIS SET COME WITH THE ORIGINAL ...

   HERE ON OFFER IS AN ANTIQUE OR VINTAGE FRENCH REGENGE' PATTERN TOURNAMENT SIZE CHESS SET IN MY KNOWLEDGE AND BASE ON THE LABEL THIS SET WAS MADE AROUND EARLY 20th CENTURY IN FRANCE AND RETAILED IN THE UK BY J. DATES FROM 1910 UP TO 1920 OR SO, THE PIECES ARE EXPERTLY TURNED AND CARVED FROM TURKISH BOXWOOD AND EBONIZED FRUIT WOOD, IN MY OPINION THIS PARTICULAR SET WAS CRAFTED BY SKILLED TURNERS FROM THE "JURA" REGION PROBABLY BY LARDY? THE PIECES ARE VERY SUBSTANTIAL, THE KINGS WITH CLOSE UP LOTUS SHAPE CROWN AND LARGE BULB TOP WITH DOUBLE TURNED COLLARS , THE QUEEN WITH LARGE BULB TOP ...