Jon's Favorite Chess Sets

The designation of 'favorite' is a personal preference rather than any objective measurement.  Several chess sets in the collection, shown below, have become my own personal favorites.  It was not an easy task to select the top two dozen favorite sets!

Please note that each of these sets is shown elsewhere on this site, under its appropriate category.

Click on any of the photos below for more detailed information on each set.

    
John Company Set
German Charlemagne Wooden Figural Set
Jaques 2nd oldest Staunton set
Antique Russian Kholmogory Set
Calvert 1790 wooden set
  
  Jaques 1849 Staunton set Jaques Club-Size Ivory Set from 1849/1850 John Company Set circa 1830 Lund large stamped ivory set Lund fitted box set  
  Large English Antique Chess Set Cantonese Ivory Puzzleball Set Kashmir Ivory Set Vizagapatam Ivory 'Flame' Set Barleycorn bone set  
  Hastilow Chess Set Spanish Pulpit Set French Polychrome and Gilt-Heightened Carved Ivory Figural Chess Set Spanish wooden set Cantonese King George Set  
  Fisher red and white set Turkish Style Carved Ivory Chess Set French Ivory Henry VIII - Francois I Chess Set Samuel Pepys set and board Jaques Club-Size Ivory Set with Large Carton Pierre Casket and Leuchars Board - early 1850's  
  Jaques 1852 Club-size Ivory Paulsen-style Set with Very Large Casket Jaques 55th Set        
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