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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Early English set

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This bone set has several interesting features. It is unmistakably English and has all markers of 1700s which could be seen in Washingto...

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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Early Selenus pieces

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A collection of Continental Selenus pattern pieces made of bone. It is not even a partial set, but all kinds are represented and the existin...

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Friday, December 25, 2009

My first Italian set

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A wooden chess set from the 18th century Italy. Came with a box-board with drawer for wooden checkers. The board might come from the same pe...

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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Bird Nest

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An 18th-century ivory set from England. This small-cupped pattern is often called "Bird Nest" and looks like an English variation ...

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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Danish variation of the Selenus pattern

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An ultra-classic example of Danish Selenus pattern variation. These rather small but elegant and delicate bone sets are commonly dated to la...

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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Fine and interesting Selenus set

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This set might be Danish but could in fact originate from Germany, Austria or Netherlands just as well. A somewhat similar but fancier set c...

Saturday, October 11, 2008

London

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They constantly erect modern buildings next to grand and historical ones. The Tower of London looks like a puppet show decoration among the ...

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