The Game of War, circa 1890 victorian ivory chess set A Staunton Boxwood and Ebony

A Staunton Boxwood and Ebony Chess Set by J

each chessman with a green baize lining to the underside

whose family collected them between the late 1860's and 1914 and containing interesting examples from Europe

King: 12cm high

30 cm wide

The Game of War, circa 1890 victorian ivory chess set A Staunton Boxwood and Ebony"The Game of War", a British Army wargame, manufactured for HM Goverment by V & J Figgins, circa 1890, in a mahogany box, the white metal "type" representing the infantry, cavalry, mounted infantry, horse artillery, trains, pontoon, engineers, telegraph troops and skirmishers, one side in blue, the other side in red; two inset wooden trays, two ivory rulers, two ivory measuring squares, steel callipers, two metal pace measures, two metal nippers,