Stock Number: no.121
Interesting late 19th century north Indian printed coloured Cloth Chess Board.
The padded material square board printed in vivid colours with a Muslim chess set up on the Chess Board and surrounded by playing cards to each corner. On each side of the border the word “Chess” written in English Hindi,Urdu and Arabic. Board Size :
26.75 x 26.75 inches ( 68 x 68 cm.).
Playing Square size 1.75x1.75 inches (4.4x4.5 cm.)
Price including delivery £380
Interesting Continental 19th century “Roll Up”
Travelling Chess Board.
The sectioned playing squares of alternate satinwood and walnut backed on canvas thus
enabling the board to be rolled up.
Board 13.75 x 13 inches (35 x 33 cm.)
Playing square size 1.35 x 1.35 inches
(3.5 x 3.5 cm.)
SOLD
Stock Number: no.671
Mid 20th century folding Chinese export Lacquer Games Board.
The black lacquer decorated with gilt. One side with a chessboard for the lead black and red Staunton pattern chess set. the inside with a backgammon board with wooden counters and dice.
Size open 12.6 x 12.6 x 1.58 inches (32 x 32 4 cm.)
Price including delivery £680
Stock Number: no. 528
Good mid 19th century Chinese gilt decorated black Lacquer folding Games board. The shaped outside with a chessboard surround by a border and edges of fine gilt Chinese decoration and scenes. The interior opening to reveal a fine backgammon board in gilt . Comes with black and red turned wood lacquered backgammon men, black lacquered shakers and dice.
Size open 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.97 inches ( 50 x 50 x 5 cm.)
Price including Delivery £1450
Stock Number: no. 973
18th century small Continental Games Board
The dark wood inlaid with ivory creating a chessboard and an interior backgammon
board.
Comes with later wood backgammon men,
leather shakers and dice.
Open 11.75 x 7.75 x 1.5 inches (30x25.5x4 cm.)
Price including delivery £750
Attractive early 19th century Marble Chess Board
the coloured marble squares of a yellow sienna and a
black variegated marbles. with a border of pink and white
marble design. Contained within a shaped mahogany frame
With an interesting green paper makers label to the back.
15. x 15. inches (38 x 38 cm)
Playing squares 1.18 inches (3 cm.).
Price £1050
Stock Number: no. 111
Fine Continental 19th century “Roll Up”
Travelling Chess Board.
The sectioned playing squares of alternate satinwood
and rosewood surrounded by a shaped wavy frieze of
figured walnut backed on canvas thus enabling the board
to be rolled up. To the back of the board an interesting
original green paper inventory label.
The patina and colour of the wood on this board is
exceptional.
Board 16.5x16.5 inches (42x42 cm.)
Playing square size 1.57x1.57 inches (4x4 cm.)
Price including delivery £485
Stock Number: no. 861
Unusual English Arts and Crafts silver plated engraved
chessboard mounted on ebonised wood base.
The alternate playing squares with different designs.
Plate board 11.75 x 11.75 inches ( 30 x 30 cms.)
Overall size 16 x 16 inches. ( 41 x 41cms.).
Square size 1.25 inches (3 cms.)
Price £880
Stock Number: no. 431
Stock Number: no. 111
Unusual 19th century Indian Vizagapatam Octagonal
black wood ivory inlaid Chess Board
The board and decorative border inlaid with stained
attractive coloured ivory. the board standing on eight
small black bun feet.
Board 13 x 13 inches (33 x 33 cm.)
Playing square size 1.57x1.57 inches (4x4 cm.)
Price including delivery £680
Notes:
Vizagapatam on the northern Coromandel Indian coast
is a natural harbour midway between Calcutta and
Madras. The British East India Company had a trading
station there from 1668. From the late 17th century a
tradition grew in Vizagapatam for the manufacture of
objects and furniture of Western form, decorated in a
distinctive manner, all being inlaid or veneered with ivory
etched with black lacquer. The decoration was drawn from
Mogul culture, adapted to appeal to western taste.
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Stock Number: no.112
Stock Number: no.416
Fine early 19th century Regency Pen Work decorated folding Games Board.
The outside with alternate decorated black and off white playing squares. The border and edges smothered in fine decorated pen work foliate, designs in an attractive mellow yellow on a black background. The inside revealing a fine tooled leather backgammon board. Comes with turned boxwood and ebony backgammon men contained in a slide lid wood storage box complete with ivory dice.
Board open 18.5 x 18 x 2 inches ( 46 x 46 x 5 cm.)
Playing squares 1.5 x 1.5 inches (4 x 4 cm.)
Price including delivery £1650
Stock Number: no.224
19th Indian folding Games Board.
On the outside an inlaid Chessboard
and inside opening to reveal an inlaid Backgammon board.
The Sandalwood inlaid with ivory and smothered in
fine “ Sedeli “ work from Bombay.
“Sedeli“ work is a very fine mosaic type inlay made up
of various coloured exotic woods, ivory and pewter.
Board open 17.6x 17.6 x 1.75 inches ( 45 x 45 x 4.5 cm.)
Bombay circa 1845
Price including delivery £1450
Stock Number: no. 226
Good mid 19th century Irish Arbutus Wood inlaid Killarney folding chess and backgammon games board.The Killarney work Arbutus folding games board with a chess side having an attractive serpentine inlaid shamrock border and the inside revealing a Backgammon Board.
Comes complete with Arbutus wood counters in a slide wood storage box and dice.
Killarney Ware was produced in Ireland from around the 1830"s. Arbutus wood was the main wood used as well as yew and holly. James Egan was one of the main manufacturers and this board can be attributed to him.
Board open 21 x 20 x 1.75 inches
(53 x 50 x 4.5 cm.)
Price including delivery £1850
A good selection of reasonably priced old fixed inlaid wood chessboards always in stock
Only sold with the purchase of one of our chess sets
Stock Number: no. 198
Very Fine early 19th century hand turned Indian export ivory
Backgammon men
The natural and red stained counters (30) with fine concentric
designs to one side and the backs with unusual concave bases.
Comes in a later green baize lined wood storage box.
Diameter 1.5 inches (3.8 cm.)
.25 inches (.6 cm. ) Deep
Price including delivery £1250
A good quality large size inlaid mid 20th century inlaid wood
large Chessboard
Inlaid with rosewood and birds eye maple with a raised border of rosewood
The large size would be suitable for a tournament size chess set.
Overall 22.5 x 22.5 inches (57 x 57cm.)
Playing square 2.15 inches ( 5.5 cm.) square
£580
Only sold with one of our sets
Stock Number: no. 688
Fine early 19th century Chinese export folding decorated
lacquer Games Box
The outside with a gilt and black Chessboard. the inside opening
to reveal a Backgammon board with attractive decorative designs.
the edges decorated with fine gilt Chinese scenes.
Comes complete with fine turned ivory
Backgammon counters (30), mahogany slide lid storage container,
dice and leather shaker.
Board open 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.77 inches ( 50 x 50 x 4.5 cm.)
Chess playing square 1.4 x 1.4 inches (3.5 x 3.5 cm.)
Price including delivery £1750
Stock Number: no. 265
Stock Number: no. 873
Fine early 19th century Indian “Vizagapatam” ivory inlaid folding
Games Board. The Chessboard with a natural and stained black
ivory with a narrow border and the edges with fine pen work
designs. All laid onto unusually ebony. This fine board is ideally
suited for one of our fine Indian chess sets see under "Chess Sets "
section stock nos. 624, 299,433 and 671.
Board open 18 x 18 x .5 inches (46 x 46 x 1.27 cm.)
Playing Square 2 x 2 inches (5.08 x .5.08 cm.)
Price £2450
Notes:
Vizagapatam on the northern Coromandel coast is a natural
harbour midway between Calcutta and Madras.
The British East India Company had a trading station there in1668
From the late 17th century a tradition grew in Vizagapatam
for the manufacture of objects and furniture of Western form,
decorated in a distinctive manner, all being inlaid or veneered
with ivory etched with black lacquer. The decoration was drawn
from Mogul culture, adapted to appeal to western taste.
Stock Number: no.476
Good early 20th century inlaid large Chessboard
The inlaid rosewood and satinwood playing squares
framed by an inlaid mahogany border and stringing
and with a beveled edge.
Overall Size 21.5 x 21.5 inches (55 x 55 cm.)
Playing square 2 x 2 inches ( 5 x 5 cm.)
Only sold with one of our Chess Sets
£680
An important and rare large late 17th century German folding
Games Board veneered in field maple, one side with an inlaid
Chessboard in contrasting timbers and a Merrill's game, the reverse
with a Backgammon board, the place tips inlaid with ebony and
ivory points.Complete with a set of fine and large double sided
engine turned counters in rosewood and boxwood (30). Circa !660
This games board has had a recent stand made for it so as to enable
the board to be used with a clear plate glass top as a stunning and
original low coffee table.
Overall Size on stand 49.5 x 25.5 x 23.5 inches
( 125 .75 x 64.77 x 59.69 cm. )
Counters 2.85 to 2.95 inches (7.2 5 to 7.5 cm.) diameter
Price on Application
Stock Number: no. 756
Good late English19th inlaid Chess Board
The rosewood and dark satinwood playing squares
surround by a narrow mahogany shaped raised border.
The base with green baize.
Overall size 17.75 x 17.5 inches (45 x 45 cm.)
Playing squares 2 x 2 inches ( 5 x 5 cm.)
Price £380
Only sold with one of our Chess Sets
Stock Number: no.331
