An Interesting “Upright” Boxwood and Ebony Chess Set, Mid/Late 19th century
an unusual variation on the Northern or Edinburgh Upright pattern, kings with elongated slender finials, queens similar, but with ball finials, bishops with stylised mitres, knights with horse’s heads, rooks as tapering turrets with ball finials, pawns with squat flared bases, in a wooden box with a sliding lid
