Bertram Jones c 1950
The so called Pepys set. It is now known that these were all 19century Indian and copied from a European design for the ornamental lathe, although all the Indian Pepys were decorated by hand.
Bill Jones c 1960
Very early Patchisi pieces
Ivory objects, the '18c Turkish' sets that Bertram and Bill were faking up in the mid 20c were derived from this type of object.
More 'rose water' sprinklers
It had always been a puzzle to me how these objects could be used for rose water and why. It turns out that when in use the water, (for clensing the hands before/after eating) is only in the container for a short time, just like a finger bowl.
This is mammoth, the cross hatching is less than 90 degrees.Even without that clue, the shrinkage and mineralisation would be enough to give a clue to the great age of these objects.
Archer St. Clair,Carving as Craft.1st, to 4th. c A.D.ISBN. 0-8018-7261-8These games pieces are for Patchisi,(Ludo) It is clear that "race" games like Backgammon and Ludopreceeded strategy games like chess.
I.M.L.
R.K. Game board , 2000B.C.
Lot 121 £1,920
Lot 167 £6,600
Lot 168 £1,440
