"African set from Nigeria, nice!"

"I would say continental - probably German from the knights."

"Thanks Keith. Name changed!"

"JIm, It's a mistake I made, too - the name is spelt 'FAREbrother'"

"Me or the chess piece?"

"Looking good " with age " too."

"I have a ful-size version of these Cantonese sets where the box is inscribed as having been purchased in China - so it looks as if they were available locally, although probably only for the tourist trade.."

"haha, people greed. i can see by price he up it by an order of 10 magnitude gee what kind of people have we become, i kinda guess that 150 dollar value from taking away a zero should be 4.5kPHP, should be made of jade and rose gold for that price..and it would not be too durable, drop a piece and break"

"From memory, I paid about £100 (~$150)"

"i wrote the store and they came out with absurd price 45,000 PHP = 1,061.07 USD hahaha for wood pieces...."

"Funny I did not right Delhi in my reply! I also found the link http://www.tesoros.ph/index2.html"

"Thanks Jim, and wife! Maraming Salamat Po! I will keep this with my field notes and try to find the shop in Makati."

"Raymond,
No, the board did not come with the set. The board is modern abd comes from the English SAC company, who make & supply resin molded, themed, chess sets. This board is known as the "Tudor Rose" board"

"Did this set come with that board? Where did u get the board?"

"From the colour, it looks as if it might be of catalin. If there's a spare piece you could try a slight scrape with the tip of a blade to see if the basic white colour shows up."