A FRENCH IVORY BUST TYPE CHESS SET
DIEPPE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Modelled to represent the French versus the Moors, the kings with sceptres, the bishops as jesters, the knights as horses' heads, the rooks as turrets, the pawns as soldiers, in a leather and velvet-lined fitted box
The king -- 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high; the pawn -- 2¼ in. (5.6 cm.) high
A FRENCH IVORY BUST TYPE CHESS SET
DIEPPE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Modelled to represent the French versus the Moors, the kings with sceptres, the bishops as jesters, the knights as horses' heads, the rooks as turrets, the pawns as soldiers, in a leather and velvet-lined fitted box
The king -- 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.) high; the pawn -- 2¼ in. (5.6 cm.) high
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