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
