Irish Yew Chess Set & Board, 19th century chinese works of art one side in boxwood

one side in boxwood

1862- 1880s

An English wooden chess or games board

Stock Reference Number: MM 1485

A collection of charming mounted wooden lithographic figures

Irish Yew Chess Set & Board, 19th century chinese works of art one side in boxwoodAn 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