MID 19TH CENTURY

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AN ENGLISH IVORY CHESS SET AND MAHOGANY INLAID GAMES BOARD FOR THE BLIND
MID 19TH CENTURY
The 'Lund' type chess with additional knops on the red stained side, all with pegged undersides; the board with raised squares, the interior inlaid with sycamore for backgammon
The king -- 3¾in. (9.5cm.) high; the pawn -- 1¼in. (3.2cm.) high
Together with a turned sycamore and ebonised travel chess set, early 20th century, with turned pieces in a pegged mahogany and sycamore mounted games box, with raised squares -- 12¼in. (31cm.) wide (2)

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A mid-19th century chess set and board, specifically designed for the blind, was exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, see Michael Mark, British Chess Sets 1700-1950, Exhibition catalogue, published by Asprey and Chess Collectors International, May 1986, fig. 20.
The chess pieces appear to be a combinitaion of patterns; the quality of the pieces and feather finials are a feature associated with William Lund's workshop, but the husk motif is more typical of the Barleycorn pattern. Mark notes that standard English playing sets were also used, as seen in the secondary part of the lot.