S116: Good quality mid 19th century English Upright chess set
Turned and carved from boxwood and ebony. Measurements Kings 9.2cms
The knights form is very specific., good patina.
Some background on this form from Michael Mark, British Chess Sets 1986: Upright Pattern, is stated by Staunton to have been designed by Lord John Hay a few years before the Staunton set appeared in 1849
