Board Game
1840-60 (made)
| Place of origin |
Design: blackbean and beechwood; turned with additional carving on the kings, knights and castles/rooks
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 31 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Materials and techniques | Turned and carved wood |
| Brief description | Boxed set of 29 chessmen, black bean and beech wood, probably made in Germany in the mid nineteenth century |
| Physical description | Design: blackbean and beechwood; turned with additional carving on the kings, knights and castles/rooks |
| Credit line | Given by the late Miss Margaret F. Hodges |
| Object history | Housed in a pine box stamped inside DUKE OF BUCCLEUGH |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | MISC.26:1 to 31-1967 |
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| Record created | March 4, 2000 |
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