the chessmen with green baizes to the underside
Another example of this print is held in the collection of the National Galleries
the exterior for chess (alternate squares in rosewood and boxwood)
The resulting ceremony successfully reflected the supposed "antiquity" of the event
knights with ‘spiked helmets’
Vizagapatam Export Chess Set, circa 1840 fox-hunting game the chessmen with green baizesAn Anglo Indian Export ivory Chess Set, Vizagapatam, circa 1840 one side stained red, the other side left natural, kings with foliate decoration and pieced tops surmounted with crosses, queens with floral tops, bishops as mitres, knights as horses heads, rooks as raised turrets with flags King: 14. 2cm high Pawn: 5. 4cm high Stock Reference: ALB 1672