Vizagapatam Chess Set & Board, circa 1830 german antique chess sets with a penwork decorated border

with a penwork decorated border in the Greek Key pattern

King: 11cm high

Oehmigke & Riemschneider

Stock Reference: LH 1134

Stock No: VS 1269

Vizagapatam Chess Set & Board, circa 1830 german antique chess sets with a penwork decorated borderAn Anglo Indian Export Ivory & Horn Chess Set, Vizagapatam, circa 1830 one side in ivory, the other side in horn, kings with lotus petal decoration and surmounted with floral crosses, quens with pierced crowns, bishops as mitres, knights as arched horses heads, rooks as turrets with brickwork and pierced decoration, pawns with stepped lotus leaf bases, together with a Vizagapatam ivory and sandalwood folding chess board, the alternate chess squares in