the alternate mahogany and sycamore chess squares within a raised mahogany border
kings surmounted with crosses
An Anglo-Indian Export carved ivory chess set
the king 9cm (3 1/2 inches) high
the white rook bearing the Union Flag
Canton Burmese Pattern Chess Set, 1836 chess shop the alternate mahogany and sycamoreA Good 'Burmese Pattern' Export Ivory Chess Set by Hoaching, Canton, 1836 one side stained red, the other side left natural, the chessmen with elaborately carved decoration, kings and queens with carved faces and fleur de lys, bishops with mitres, knights with horses' heads, rooks as raised turrets with flags, the White Rooks with Union Flags, pawns with bud finials, in the original wooden box of square section with sliding lid, 'W. T. Copeland 1836'