A 'Signed' Boxwood & Ebony St George Chess Set, Jaques, 19th Century. Rare.
one side in boxwood (with a nice toffee patination), the other side in ebony, bishops with split mitres, kings as carved horses' heads, rooks as monobloc turrets, all the chessmen with original light green baizes to the undersides, the boxwood king stamped JAQUES LONDON (in black) along the base rim, in a wooden box with a sliding lid.
King: 11.2cm high, base 3.9cm diameter.
Pawn: 2.5cm high, 2.6cm diameter.
Box: 21cm x 15cm wide, 11.5cm high.
Reference: Alan Fersht: Jaques and British Chess Company Chess Sets, 2010: pp.39-40 (on Jaques non-Staunton sets): 'Before the introduction of the Staunton, Jaques made a wide range of turned wooden sets as well as ornately turned ivory, and continued with them for many years... unfortunately Jaques sets were rarely signed- a leading London dealer has only ever seen four or five signed St George sets and one Edinboro' or Northern Upright in the whole of his long career...'
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