1 a) Early 18th (possibly late 17th) C French set. White. 88 mm K.
From Encyclopedia Diderot pub. 1770
16c German 'rose engine' Lathe capable of making ornamental marks on turned chess.
16c objects
9 c) Black pawns batch 1 - tops.
4 b) The undersides of the queens bases.
Lot 45 Showing the screw thread
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.
I.M.L.
Early Precision Compound Machine from Ancient ChinaPeter J. Lu 771 to 475 B. C.
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.
1850, Munchen, Edel.
14th c Ashmolean Museum
Bertram Jones dad.
List of works made by a 19c ivoty and bone turner.
ditto
Bertram Jones, c 1950
18c belongs to Joost, lucky chap
Once owned By Philidor
A modern copy of an 18c set recently bought from India.
Pole lathe marks
11c?
18c turning shop, (Diderot)
18c
17th c
poss 17c
Not a chess piece, but what?
