Islamic Brass Set & Box, 19th century

AN INDIAN BRASS, SILVERED AND BLACK LACQUERED BOX AND CHESS SET
19TH CENTURY

The box with playing surface to hinged top decorated overall with scrolling flowers, with a 'Muslim' type chess set decorated with conforming scrolling flowers
The box -- 4¼ x 14¼ x 14 in. (11 x 36 x 35.5 cm.); the king -- 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high; the pawn -- 5/8 in. (1.5 cm.) high

Literature
Hans & Barbara Holländer, Schach Partie Durch Zeiten und Welten, Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 2005, fig. 134, page 168.

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	Islamic Brass Set & Box, 19th century



Jon's main chess page		AN INDIAN BRASS, SILVERED AND BLACK LACQUERED BOX AND CHESS SET 19TH CENTURY The box with playing surface to hinged top decorated overall with scrolling flowers, with a 'Muslim' type chess set decorated with conforming scrolling flowers The box -- 4¼ x 14¼ x 14 in. (11 x 36 x 35.5 cm.); the king -- 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high; the pawn -- 5/8 in. (1.5 cm.) high Literature Hans & Barbara Holländer, Schach Partie Durch Zeiten und Welten, Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 2005, fig. 134, page 168. Picasa album with photos of this set: https://picasaweb.google.com/JonCrumiller/IslamicBrassSetAndBoard	HOME