A Scarce 'Portable B. C. D. Chess Board', by Jaques, Mid- Late 19th Century
the red leather tube with two cloth ties at either end, stamped: 'PORTABLE B. C. D. Board...JAQUES PATENTEES LONDON' in gilt, with a pull-out rolled up cloth and leather board (chess one side, backgammon the other) and a folding red leather and gilt-tooled casket including: sixteen boxwood counters (chess motifs in relief to one side) and sixteen ebony counters (chess motifs in relief to one side, two red leather pull-out red leather shakers, and bone die
