A FRENCH CARVED IVORY AND BONE BUST TYPE CHESS SET
DIEPPE, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND LATER
A FRENCH CARVED IVORY AND BONE BUST TYPE CHESS SET DIEPPE, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND LATER Modelled to represent the French versus the Moors, the white bishops as fous smoking pipes, parts possibly later associated, 19th century The king -- 3½in. (9cm.) high; the pawn -- 2in. (5cm.) high
A FRENCH CARVED IVORY AND BONE BUST TYPE CHESS SET
DIEPPE, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND LATER
A FRENCH CARVED IVORY AND BONE BUST TYPE CHESS SET DIEPPE, LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND LATER Modelled to represent the French versus the Moors, the white bishops as fous smoking pipes, parts possibly later associated, 19th century The king -- 3½in. (9cm.) high; the pawn -- 2in. (5cm.) high
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