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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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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Fine Regence set with glass eyes

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A good example of Regence sets with glass-eyed Knights. The set features prominent and well carved Knights with 19th C style glass inlay eye...

Friday, June 6, 2008

Early "Encyclopedia" Regence set

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A rare excample of an early Regence subpattern turned on so-called "rose lathe engine". The subpattern owes its name to the famous...

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