| Description: | Large Whittington Travelling Chess Set, Jaques Type, England, c. 1890; Unmarked. Victorian Mahogany, satinwood, rosewood & bone. The chessmen are bone. Size: Closed: 2 3/4" high x 10" wide x 5" across; Open: 20" wide x 10" across; Inner Board Playing Field: 9 1/8" wide x 9 1/16" across; King: 9/16" high. Squares inlaid in two different woods. Removable center wooden strip to lock the box while closed to prevent the pieces from falling out (did not help this set; pieces as shown!). Fair Condition. |
