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This object consists of 31 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Chess Set

1840-60 (made)
Artist/Maker
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

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 31 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Box
  • Lid
  • King
  • Queens (Chessmen)
  • Bishop
  • Bishop
  • Knight
  • Knight
  • Rook
  • Rook
  • Pawn
  • Pawn
  • Pawn
  • Pawn
  • Pawn
  • Pawn
  • Pawn
  • Pawn
  • King
  • Queen
  • Bishop
  • Knight
  • Knight
  • Knight
  • Pawn
  • Pawn
  • Rook
  • Rook
  • Pawn
  • Pawn
  • Pawn
  • Pawn
  • Pawn
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 typeMass 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 createdMarch 4, 2000
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