Library Chess & Backgammon Board, circa 1950

Library Chess & Backgammon Board, circa 1950A luxury gilt tooled and red leather bound chess and backgammon board, 1950s the exterior for chess with alternate squares in cream and red, the interior for backgammon, in the form of an antiquarian book when closed shut, the spine with raised bands and THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND VOL. I VOL. II in gilt, imitation book edges lined with marbled paper, the interior with backgammon gilt tooled points in red and burgundy, 53. 5cm wide (when open flat), 27cm

knights as horses' heads with manes and flaring nostrils

spine faded

pawns with slender baluster stems

Counters: 2

queens in Medieval dress and wearing crowns

the pieces of elegant

Early 19th century

4 red dragons 4 white dragons (blanks)

the king 3 ½ (9cm high)

the brass-hinged mahogany board with veneered rosewood and satin-birch chess squares and boxwood inlay

A Jaques & Son Congress Chess Timer

Crossman: The Decorative Arts of the China Trade