Rare De La Rue “Combination” Chess Set, 1878
A Rare “Combination” Travelling Set for Chess and Draughts, Thomas De La Rue & Co, 110 Bunhill Row, London, 1878
the mahogany board with recessed spaces for the chessmen and four sliding drawers for the reserved or captured men, together with a complete set of 32 turned wooden “disc” chessmen in blue and brown, stamped with a Victorian Registration Lozenge (rubbed)
Dimensions: 27.5cm wide
Chessmen: 2cm diameter
Stock Reference: BDF 1600
Provenance: Major European Chess Collection
Reference: This rare set is illustrated in Schach Partie Durch Zeiten und Welten, Edition Braus, Hamburg, 2005, figure 225, page 236
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