Large Antique “Edinburgh Upright” Chess Set antique games board/box A Staunton Pattern Weighted Boxwood

A Staunton Pattern Weighted Boxwood and Ebony Chess set by the British Chess Company

cm (when open flat)

wind discs in a Ming box

and with an embossed Staunton Knight in gilt to the lid

Vizagapatam

Large Antique “Edinburgh Upright” Chess Set antique games board/box A Staunton Pattern Weighted BoxwoodA good Edinburgh Upright pattern chess set of large size, mid 19th century one side in boxwood, the other side in ebony, knights as horses heads with flared nostrils and manes, the king 10. 4cm high, the pawn 5cm high, in a rosewood box with inset mother o pearl cartouche and mother o pearl escutcheon plate, 22. 4cm wide. Stock Reference: MJ 1480 Reference: Michael Mark, British Chess Sets, V & A, May 1986: The Edinburgh or Upright Pattern is stated