Irish Yew Chess Set & Board, 19th century
An Irish Killarney Yew Chess Set, Box & Board, 19th Century
one side dark brown, the other side a lighter brown, kings with baluster knops and spires, queens with baluster knops, bishops with mitres, knights with arched horses' heads, rooks as turrets, pawns with baluster knops, in a 19th century Tunbridgeware box, with an attractive 19th century Irish Killarney Yew board/box for chess and backgammon, inlaid with Irish shamrocks, two turned Killarney Yew shakers and a set of 30 turned backgammon counters and an instruction pamphlet explaining the rules of Backgammon
King: 11.6cm high
Pawn: 4.5cm high
Board/Box: 51cm wide (when closed)
Counters: 3.4cm diameter
Stock Reference: MJ 1808
Condition
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