French Polychrome and Gilt-Heightened Carved Ivory Figural Chess Set

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A FRENCH POLYCHROME AND GILT-HEIGHTENED CARVED IVORY FIGURAL CHESS SET, LATE 19TH CENTURY

The kings and queens depicting Cupid and Venus versus Bacchus and a Bacchante, the bishops a cupid playing the lute and mandolin versus a satyr with pipes, the knights as Pegasus versus Silenus riding a donkey, the rooks as temples versus cornucopiae, the pawns as cherubs versus satyrs
The king -- 5¼in. (13.5cm.) high; the pawn – 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high.

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	French Polychrome and Gilt-Heightened Carved Ivory Figural Chess Set



Jon's main chess page		Click here for some detailed photos of this set A FRENCH POLYCHROME AND GILT-HEIGHTENED CARVED IVORY FIGURAL CHESS SET, LATE 19TH CENTURY The kings and queens depicting Cupid and Venus versus Bacchus and a Bacchante, the bishops a cupid playing the lute and mandolin versus a satyr with pipes, the knights as Pegasus versus Silenus riding a donkey, the rooks as temples versus cornucopiae, the pawns as cherubs versus satyrs The king -- 5¼in. (13.5cm.) high; the pawn – 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high. My Picasa album with photos of this set is here: https://picasaweb.google.com/JonCrumiller/FrenchVenusBacchusSet	HOME