Nicely carved ivory figures from Berempore. These were popular novelties or ‘toys’ during the nineteenth century. Not chess pieces, as sometimes catalogued, but similar in the style of carving to figural Indian chess sets of the period.
July 17, 2016
Nicely carved ivory figures from Berempore. These were popular novelties or ‘toys’ during the nineteenth century. Not chess pieces, as sometimes catalogued, but similar in the style of carving to figural Indian chess sets of the period.