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Lund (?) Open Crownwork Bone Set c1830
Jaques Staunton "Tarrash/Steinitz-cross" c1870
Estonian doll set c1980
Super-rare Jaques bone set with "reined" knights
Bohemia Chess Factory "Dragon" knight set, c1950
Small quality St George, circa 1860
Guest appearance: Jaques Staunton, entered number 1291, 1850-51
Jaques Staunton Small Club set "Steinitz" c1870
Steiner Master Set c1950
Indian "Fierce Knight" Staunton, 2.6" Kings
Knight and Rook Wooden Bookends
Chavet model B200, 2.5" Kings
Pristine white bone ribbed set, c1880
Jaques (?) Old English (?) Library set c1840 (?)
Arcadian Crested China Knight circa 1904-1924
B & Co Staunton set, 3" kings, c1880-1890
Small Staunton, 2.6" kings, c1870
German Selenus bone set, 4.4" kings; early to mid 1800s?
BH Wood designed Persimmon chess set, 1940-50s
Jaques bone set, kings 3.8"
German Toy Chess Set, circa 1860
Unknown English Staunton with familiar knights, early 1900s
Jaques Staunton "Steinitz" or "Megamouth" tournament set c1870
Late Victorian Staunton, 3.35" kings
Early Regence or Directoire set - France, 1750-60
Silette chess by Grays of Cambridge c1930s
Rare 18th century English wood set
Small "Whitty-like" Staunton set, c1880, Kings 2.65"
HAC clock, circa 1930s
Jaques Barleycorn, "set 24", 5.3"
Small St George set, part of a nice wooden games compendium
Modern Chess Instructions by William Steinitz, 1889
Small St George set, late 19th century
Heavy metal Staunton, early 20th century
Anri magnetic Toriart travel set c1967
Very unusual black and white set - Mammoth Ivory?
Jaques Dublin 3.5", c1880
Jaques Bone Ribbed mid to late 19th century
Late Victorian "Whitty-like" Staunton
Acetronic Chess Traveller - chess computer c1980
Delicate old Regency set, 3.2", mid-late 19thc
Early 20th century "dog faced" knights
Jaques ABC of Chess by a Lady, tenth edition
Royal Court figural set made by Kozial c1960s
Very large Lardy Staunton 4.7"
Calvert knight and several pawns, ivory, early 19th century
F.H.Ayres small club Staunton set, c1885
Dublin-esque upright set, c1875
Jaques Staunton, entered number 1404, 1850-51
Calvert style ivory set, late 18th century
Jaques Staunton library set c1870
Jaques Staunton tournament set c1895
Small bone travel set circa 1840
Jaques Staunton "Broadbent" Club set c1935
Jaques Staunton "Pre-Hartson" Small Club c1885
Lego "traditional chess set"
Spalding simple chess set - WW2
Jaques Staunton library set c1885
Tam-o-Shanter St George, late 19th century
Late 18th/very early 19th century English set
Bertram Jones Turned Aluminium Staunton c1940s
Rare Galalith/Erinoid travel set ' The "International" ' c1920
BH Wood designed Staunton set, 3.68" Kings
Unusual figural set, 4.3" Kings
British Chess Company travel set..."Stamped*!
Very large Hungarian/Vienna Coffee House set c1920
Large Maltese Cross set, 4.6" c1820
Jaques Staunton "Paulsen" tournament set c1853-55
Chess & Draughts by "Captain Crawley" - possibly a first edition, 1858
"Seonaid's set": Jaques Staunton "Broadbent" small club size, c1937
Prisoner-of-war chess set, circa WWII?
Small ribbed bone set, first half 1800s
Bone "skirted" Barleycorn, circa 1830?
"Fierce Knights" Staunton, 21st century
Danish Union (aka Knubbel) set, circa 1950s
St George set, likely by Thomas Foster, circa 1860
A poverty Jaques from 1942 (stamped box!), 2.0" kings
Unusual Dublin form set, circa 1850?
Jaques Staunton "Tarrasch" tournament set c1870
Chinese (or is it!) bone figural set c1960s, Kings 3.5"
BCC Staunton, 3.3" Kings, c1890
Looping Chess Clock, 1982 Chess Olympiad
Lovely small St George - possibly by Calvert?
Very large St George set by F.H.Ayres (Kings 4.3")
Jaques Staunton "Lasker" Small Club Set (~4") c1885
The Chess-Player's Text-Book by Howard Staunton
"Scary knights" French Regency set, early 20th century
Jaques Staunton c1950s/60s
Early Carlton Waterloo c1970
Lund-like ivory set, 4.5", first half 19th century
F.H.Ayres small Staunton 2.3" c1890
Unknown Staunton
F.H.Ayres Staunton 3.1"
Small travel set in poker-work box c1980s
Very large Staunton late 19th/early 20th century, poss. Feltham
Rare F.H.Ayres small ivory Staunton 2.3" c1890
F.H.Ayres Staunton 2.9"
Small round travel set, nicely formed chessmen c2000
British Chess Company Popular Staunton c1900
Library sized Staunton, unknown maker c1875
Unicorn modernist set c1930s
Late 18th/Early 19th century English bone
Large Ayres Tagua Nut "Dublin" c1880
18th century English ivory set
British Chess Company Staunton, 3.8", rare wooden knights
Throned Figural Set mystery
Indian export set (?)
F.H.Ayres Staunton set 3" Kings
Académie Universelle Des Jeux, 1765
Philippines Staunton set c1960-70
Jaques Ditty Travelling Chess set c1920
Jaques London Travel Set, early 20th century
Jaques (?) St George c1840
Nuremberg "Spindle" Set, c1850
Small early plastic set by Gits, USA
Jaques In Statu Quo set, c1860
Jaques In Statu Quo set, late 19th century
The Principles of Chess by James Mason, 1896
Royal Doulton milk jug from Simpson's in the Strand
Animal set, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1950?
"Calvert" style ivory set by Lund, c1835, 3.2"
Henri Chavet B207A Staunton 3.2" c1990
Lund pattern set, 6.1", resin!
W Howard bone set, circa 1845
Early French Staunton, retailed by Webbers of Exeter
Jaques Staunton "Paulsen", uber-rare base stamped unfelted c1853
Tagua Nut St George (?), possibly by F.H.Ayres, late 19th century
Unusual English early 19th century ribbed bone set, 3.9" kings
1935 Botvinnik Flohr-II reproduction, 4.4"
Modern limited edition pewter set made in 2024
Painted Rajasthani set, 5.5" kings, late 20th/early 21st century
Kasparov - very impressive modern set, 11cm kings
Modern Philidor reproduction
Fine quality English Staunton, maker unknown c1880
Early 19th century English set
Small Club Ayres Staunton - nicely carved knights c1875
Chinese export ivory Staunton, late 19th century
Early 20th century Staunton, possibly by Grays of Cambridge
"The Rose Chess" circa 1941
Small Staunton, possibly BCC
Mystery maker, 4.3" Staunton
British Chess Company Royal Chessmen c1891
F.H.Ayres Staunton 3.5"
Large mixed British Chess Company set c1900
French set retailed by W.H.Smith, c1980s
Staunton retailed by Hamley's Sport and Games Dept, early 20th century
Warne's Bijou Books, Chess by F.Hardy c1866-1885
"Landsknechte" figural set made by Kozial c1960s
Jaques Reykjavik Staunton 3.8" c1990?
Jaques Bone Ribbed/Ropetwist mid to late 19th century
Possibly Indian, early 19th century ivory set
Early Jaques In Statu Quo, pre 1860
Early English Chess Company Imperial Staunton, c2000? 4.65" kings!
Jaques "Paulsen" Staunton set, c1853
Uhlig-like bone Staunton set
Very cute English or French Staunton set
Late 18th century Dutch set
Jaques Staunton "Anderssen" drop jaw c1860
Chavet B210 c1990
Anri Universum 1958-1967
The Rose Chess, circa 1942
Late 18th century English ivory set - Calvert?
Neotypos disc chess by Pinches and Billiter, 1849
Krasnikov & F reproduction Tsarist Russian set, made in Ukraine, kings 4.2"
Classic Romanian travel set c1960?
BCC Popular set c1900, 2.6" Kings
Javan Figural Set 4.5" - Ramayana c1970?
Anri Universum c1967-79
Jaques Whittington...*Stamped*!
Large St George set with nicely carved knights c1880
Jaques Drop-jaw Staunton tournament set c1860
Whitty (?) Staunton, 3.35", circa 1890-1900
Small French Regency set, early 20th century?
Jaques Staunton "Broadbent" small club size c1930
Small "slope" knight set, late 1800s/early 1900s?
Unicorn modernist travel set c1930s
BH Wood designed Persimmon chess set, 1940-50s
St George set by Lund (or Merrifield?) c1820-1850?
Unusual Indian set - bust head royals on elephants circa mid 20th century?
Unidentified stone set, 4.25" kings
German "onion top" Staunton, circa 1920-30, 3.7"
Charming Staunton, 3" kings, circa 1880
King puzzle, by Hanayama
Handsome Staunton, unknown maker - Kings 3.75", late Victorian?
BHB clock, made in West Germany, c 1980
Anri Versailles 5.7" hand carved and painted wood
Small Whittington travel set c1880-1900
Nicely carved bone set from a games compendium
Unvarnished French set
Mystery small decorated Staunton
Small travel set
Old English style set, 4" kings, gorgeous knights!
Bone "spikehead" set from towards end of 18th century
The Tournament Special Chess Set, Bury Chess Club c1980
The Chess Player's Pocket Book and Manual of the Openings -Ed. James Mortimer, 1888
Large "Imperial British" metal set, 20thc
Jaques plastic set c1980s
The Chess-Player's Handbook, Howard Staunton, 1848
Unknown English Staunton, early 20th century, mixed knights
Chavet-like Staunton, Gibsons Games
Indian Staunton, late 20th/Early 21st century
Large club sized Staunton, unknown maker c1875
Jaques Staunton library set c1870
English bone set, possibly Jaques, 19th century
Smaller English bone set, possibly Jaques, 19th century
Early 20th century match vesta and paperweight
English Staunton set, unknown maker, late 19th century
H.P.Gibson's Chess Board Puzzle, c1930s
Jaques Staunton "Anderssen" tournament set c1865