tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184677785792446197.post8452002753063022095..comments2024-01-20T17:21:58.396-08:00Comments on Anonymous Chess Collector: Barleycorn setsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184677785792446197.post-32457618895413851632023-12-25T13:58:56.884-08:002023-12-25T13:58:56.884-08:00I am very late but thanks for this great site!
A c...I am very late but thanks for this great site!<br />A comment to Barleycorn sets / English subpatterns / 4) Maltese Cross: The set you show is not a Charles Hastilow but without any doubt a Jaques London; it is n° 24 of the famous Jaques pattern book (see Alan Fersht: Jaques […] Chess Sets, 2010, p. 44, fig 70). – is it yours?<br />this style seems to be one of the very rarest made by Jaques still extant today. One is in the schaak-museum.nl, one is my own, one had been sold recently (july 2023) in an auction in Australia and one had been sold by Christies before 2010 (see Fersht op. cit.) – I do not know where the two auction sets are now.<br />Best regards<br />MarkMark Richlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089947424415114442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184677785792446197.post-686931286520440482016-04-12T19:16:35.623-07:002016-04-12T19:16:35.623-07:00Thank you for your excellent, logical approach to ...Thank you for your excellent, logical approach to naming this design. I hope you do not mind if I reference your article in my own website regarding barley corn sets. I believe the "rope twist" designation can be simplified by referring to "decorated barley corn" and "plain barley corn". The features of the design are very clear and the presence of leaves or not seems less significant than the other features of the design.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08373404726555823365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184677785792446197.post-20199026905865688702014-07-27T11:42:16.622-07:002014-07-27T11:42:16.622-07:00A few years ago I bought a very old set of chess p...A few years ago I bought a very old set of chess pieces at a local antiques auction in Canterbury (England). I think the pattern is some kind of barleycorn, but not like any of these. I put it in my staffroom, to play at lunchtimes.<br />To my utter horror, either an employee or the cleaning lady has thrown away the old box in which I kept the four flags which insert into the tops of the rooks. Do you have any knowledge of sources of spares?Evegatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184677785792446197.post-38635012054487151092014-07-24T23:31:34.620-07:002014-07-24T23:31:34.620-07:00Mostly eBay. I have one to spare, too. Please leav...Mostly eBay. I have one to spare, too. Please leave your e-mail address.Blog Ownernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9184677785792446197.post-90238960213409840422014-07-24T08:39:59.795-07:002014-07-24T08:39:59.795-07:00Do you know where to buy these chess sets?Do you know where to buy these chess sets?rulix batistilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06610917163365636101noreply@blogger.com