Whitty (?) Staunton, 3.35", circa 1890-1900

A Staunton set possibly by Richard Whitty of Liverpool, circa 1890-1900.  The set was in a very poor state when I purchased, but I am so glad the previous owners of the set kept hold of it!

The turned pieces are really very good - Jaques like in quality, with a wonderful finish and patina.

No pawn, bar one, had escaped multiple collar chips - with some almost completely denuded.  The one white pawn with a perfectly intact collar had unfortunately lost its head instead!

All the bishops had lost their knops - this is always a tricky situation to face when restoring a set, as the question is "what did they look like? Full ball, or cut?".  After finding some reference photos of similar sets, I went for partially cut knops.

Just one white knight had kept its full head/face, with the other white knight keeping its lower jaw.  Both black knights had completely lost their muzzles, though the breaks had occurred in front of the eyes, so all eyes were intact!.  All had ear chips, though some ears were intact.

Some chips to the queens' coronets, and the black king (as seems typical) had lost his cross.  The white king's cross was mostly intact (just missing a side arm), which is always good to have in order to make a copy!

 Restoration took a little while, but the results have been well worth it!