Vizagapatam Export Chess Set, circa 1840 fox-hunting game The resulting ceremony successfully reflected

The resulting ceremony successfully reflected the supposed "antiquity" of the event

Another example of this print is held in the collection of the National Galleries

knights as horsemen

A Jaques & Son Congress Chess Timer

MADE IN ENGLAND

Vizagapatam Export Chess Set, circa 1840 fox-hunting game The resulting ceremony successfully reflectedAn Anglo Indian Export ivory Chess Set, Vizagapatam, circa 1840 one side stained red, the other side left natural, kings with foliate decoration and pieced tops surmounted with crosses, queens with floral tops, bishops as mitres, knights as horses heads, rooks as raised turrets with flags King: 14. 2cm high Pawn: 5. 4cm high Stock Reference: ALB 1672