Chessmen (32) and board ca. 1860 German The pawns hold shields with heraldic arms on them indicating the opposing parties, but they do not appear to be valid. The set probably represents Rome against German tribes, but in a German style that has prototypes for the knights and kings in the seventeenth century, Here the figures have become wooden and lack subtlety in modeling. Such cast sets, however, were popular in the so-called "Historical period," around 1860.. Chessmen (32) and board. German. ca. 1860. Silver, silver-gilt, sycamore and ebonized wood, brass. Chess Sets

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Chessmen (32) and board ca. 1860 German The pawns hold shields with heraldic arms on them indicating the opposing parties, but they do not appear to be valid. The set probably represents Rome against German tribes, but in a German style that has prototypes for the knights and kings in the seventeenth century, Here the figures have become wooden and lack subtlety in modeling. Such cast sets, however, were popular in the so-called "Historical period," around 1860.. Chessmen (32) and board. German. ca. 1860. Silver, silver-gilt, sycamore and ebonized wood, brass. Chess Sets

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