A FRENCH IVORY BUST TYPE CHESS SET
DIEPPE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Modelled to represent the Moors verses the Europeans, bishops as fous, the knights as cavalry men, the pawns as infantrymen versus blackamoors, with original leather and velvet-lined fitted box
The king -- 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high; the pawn -- 2 1/8 in. (5.8 cm.) high
A FRENCH IVORY BUST TYPE CHESS SET
DIEPPE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Modelled to represent the Moors verses the Europeans, bishops as fous, the knights as cavalry men, the pawns as infantrymen versus blackamoors, with original leather and velvet-lined fitted box
The king -- 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high; the pawn -- 2 1/8 in. (5.8 cm.) high
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