Edinburgh Upright Chess Set, 19th Century chess sets film prop hire Height (when closed): 6

Height (when closed): 6

Provenance: Christie’s

bone scoring sticks

with a raised border in mahogany

Two carved ivory chess pawns attributed to a design by Edward Bird R

Edinburgh Upright Chess Set, 19th Century chess sets film prop hire Height (when closed): 6An Edinburgh Upright Boxwood & Ebony Chess Set, mid to late 19th Century kings with elegant urn shaped tops and spiked finials, queens surmounted with ball finials and spikes, bishops as split mitres, knights as raised horses heads, rooks as turrets, pawns with baluster knops and ball finials, in a green baize lined wooden box (probably of a later date) with a sliding lid. Dimensions: King: 10. 2cm high, Pawn: 5. 1cm high. Box: 19. 7cm x 12cm x 9.