“Spanish Pulpit” Chess Set, circa 1800

A “Spanish Pulpit” Bone Chess Set, circa 1800

one side stained dark brown, the other side left natural, kings surmounted with feathers, queens with faces, bishops with faces and mitres, knights as arched horses’ heads, rooks as turrets with galleries and elongated finials, pawns with baluster knops, the chessmen with green baize to the undersides, probably added at a later date

King: 11.5cm high

Pawn: 3.7cm high

Stock Reference: DF 1714

Provenance: Major Private Collection