Edinburgh Upright Chess Set, 19th Century chess sets film prop hire The chair is made from

The chair is made from Welsh beech

a variation on the Staunton theme

A set of fine English Holtzapffel backgammon ivory counters

Provenance: Christie’s

bone scoring sticks

Edinburgh Upright Chess Set, 19th Century chess sets film prop hire The chair is made fromAn 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.