Note From Luke
fattorini-chess-timing-clock
Chess clocks were reputedly invented by Thomas Bright Wilson of Manchester, around 1880, and the London chess tournament of 1883 was the first to use the double-faced mechanical tumbling clock.Fattorini’s...
fattorini-chess-timing-clock
Chess clocks were reputedly invented by Thomas Bright Wilson of Manchester, around 1880, and the London chess tournament of 1883 was the first to use the double-faced mechanical tumbling clock.Fattorini’s...
rare-sarah-graydon-chess-set
Sarah Ann(e) Graydon (“Ann(e”) is spelled both ways in her registration design applications) was born in Ireland in 1829 or 1830. Her father, Thomas H. Graydon, was a land agent....
rare-sarah-graydon-chess-set
Sarah Ann(e) Graydon (“Ann(e”) is spelled both ways in her registration design applications) was born in Ireland in 1829 or 1830. Her father, Thomas H. Graydon, was a land agent....
geislingen-figural-bone-chess-set-18th-century
18th century Geislengen sets feature Sea-Horses as knights. A similar chess set, dating from 1760, is featured in the excellent Schach Partie Durch Zeiten und Welten, published by Edition Braus in...
geislingen-figural-bone-chess-set-18th-century
18th century Geislengen sets feature Sea-Horses as knights. A similar chess set, dating from 1760, is featured in the excellent Schach Partie Durch Zeiten und Welten, published by Edition Braus in...
interesting-continental-chess-set-19th-century
An elegant boxwood and ebony chess player’s antique set. Possibly German, certainly European. Likely to date from the late 19th century. The set has an attractive shiny patina.
interesting-continental-chess-set-19th-century
An elegant boxwood and ebony chess player’s antique set. Possibly German, certainly European. Likely to date from the late 19th century. The set has an attractive shiny patina.
magnificent-english-turned-chess-set-circa-1850
A fabulous English playing set dating from the mid 19th century and of a fine quality. Turned on an ornamental lathe, a popular style of the period, the set features...
magnificent-english-turned-chess-set-circa-1850
A fabulous English playing set dating from the mid 19th century and of a fine quality. Turned on an ornamental lathe, a popular style of the period, the set features...
swiss-charlemagne-chess-set-19th-century
These sets were thought to have been produced in the Black Forest region of Germany, but recent research has shown that these sets were actually carved in Brieze, Switzerland, and...
swiss-charlemagne-chess-set-19th-century
These sets were thought to have been produced in the Black Forest region of Germany, but recent research has shown that these sets were actually carved in Brieze, Switzerland, and...