Biedermeier 'Selenus' Chess Set & Board chinese export chess set Provenance: Private British Collection

Provenance: Private British Collection

the tallest figure approximately 13

Stock Reference: 1916

Listing 144 lots of antique

in a fine Anglo-Indian sandalwood box with a sliding lid

Biedermeier 'Selenus' Chess Set & Board chinese export chess set Provenance: Private British CollectionA Biedermeier "Selenus Pattern" Bone Chess Set & Wooden Board, German, circa 1840 one side stained red, the other side left natural, kings and queens with scalloped galleries, bishops with ball finials, knights as arched horse's heads, rooks as cylindrical turrets, pawns with baluster finials, with the original wooden box (with sliding lid and divides), and a hinged boxwood inlaid board box for chess and backgammon or tric trac King: 8. 9cm high Pawn: