Mary Chess Ltd, London, 20th century, gilt and "silver" heightened: the unopened glass bottles with the original scents or perfumes, kings and queens with crowns, bishops with mitres, knights with horses' heads, rooks with battlements, pawns with finials, in a velveteen covered presentation case, with drawer beneath, the Mary Chess Royal Warrants to the inside of the silk-lined lid, and the original embossed card box, with a "Mary Chess" glass and "silvered" chess board, in a velveteen covered presentation case and original embossed gilt-card box; sold with a letter from The Queen Mother's lady-in-waiting, Olivia Mulholland, to Mary Chess Ltd; an associated typed letter from the Queen Mother's comptroller, Sir Alastair Aird, thanking Mary Chess Ltd for the "magnificent chess set", and a further letter from Elisabeth Olsson, lady-in-waiting to Her Majesty, The Queen of Sweden, thanking Mary Chess Ltd for the "useful and wonderful products...which you had the great amiability to present their Majesties", the king 16cm high, the pawn 9.3cm high, the board 50cm wide. (5).
Mary Chess Ltd, London, 20th century, gilt and "silver" heightened: the unopened glass bottles with the original scents or perfumes, kings and queens with crowns, bishops with mitres, knights with horses' heads, rooks with battlements, pawns with finials, in a velveteen covered presentation case, with drawer beneath, the Mary Chess Royal Warrants to the inside of the silk-lined lid, and the original embossed card box, with a "Mary Chess" glass and "silvered" chess board, in a velveteen covered presentation case and original embossed gilt-card box; sold with a letter from The Queen Mother's lady-in-waiting, Olivia Mulholland, to Mary Chess Ltd; an associated typed letter from the Queen Mother's comptroller, Sir Alastair Aird, thanking Mary Chess Ltd for the "magnificent chess set", and a further letter from Elisabeth Olsson, lady-in-waiting to Her Majesty, The Queen of Sweden, thanking Mary Chess Ltd for the "useful and wonderful products...which you had the great amiability to present their Majesties", the king 16cm high, the pawn 9.3cm high, the board 50cm wide. (5).
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