Chess Set
1840-60 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Incomplete chess set made from blackbean and beechwood; turned with additional carving on the kings, knights and castles/rooks. The set is housed in a pine box.
Object details
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| 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 beech and black bean |
| Brief description | Boxed set of 29 chessmen, black bean and beech wood, probably made in Germany in the mid nineteenth century |
| Physical description | Incomplete chess set made from blackbean and beechwood; turned with additional carving on the kings, knights and castles/rooks. The set is housed in a pine box. |
| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH' (Stamped inside box) |
| Credit line | Given by the late Miss Margaret F. Hodges |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | MISC.26:1 to 31-1967 |
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| Record created | March 4, 2000 |
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