| Description: | In original storage box. One pawn on each side was replaced the years. Excellent patina of many years of play and travel. Interesting Kings and Queens, bulbous, tulip shape, with large opening Bishops; Well carved Knights and Rooks. Box, a lot of lost paint but excellent integrity, nothing broken, original hinges and lock, inside-top padded. Approx. box size 10" x 3.5" x 2", stamped on the bottom "Chas, Tollner.". Further info.: This is an original wooden box made by Charles Tollner, inventor & owner of Fancy Box Factory of Oswego County, New York in the late 1800s. He invented and applied for a patent for a fastener for his boxes - see http://www.google.gr/patents?id=z-pjAAAAEBAJ&printsec=description&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false. Sale. |
