A Rare “Combination” Travelling Set for Chess and Draughts, Thomas De La Rue & Co, 110 Bunhill Row, London, 1878/9
The mahogany board has recessed spaces for the chessmen and four sliding drawers for the reserved or captured men. It is a complete set of 32 turned wooden “disc” chessmen in blue and brown. The board is stamped with a Victorian Registration Lozenge ( slightly rubbed).
It measures 27.5cm w
Reference: This rare set is illustrated in Schach Partie Durch Zeiten und Welten, Edition Braus, Hamburg, 2005, figure 225, page 236
A Rare Combination Chess & Draughts set by Thomas De La Rue & Co London
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