Large Antique “Edinburgh Upright” Chess Set antique games board/box and with an embossed Staunton

and with an embossed Staunton Knight in gilt to the lid

pawns as armed footsoldiers

A Staunton Pattern Weighted Boxwood and Ebony Chess set by the British Chess Company

kings with crowns queens holding sceptres

the pawn 2 ¼ inches (5

Large Antique “Edinburgh Upright” Chess Set antique games board/box and with an embossed StauntonA good Edinburgh Upright pattern chess set of large size, mid 19th century one side in boxwood, the other side in ebony, knights as horses heads with flared nostrils and manes, the king 10. 4cm high, the pawn 5cm high, in a rosewood box with inset mother o pearl cartouche and mother o pearl escutcheon plate, 22. 4cm wide. Stock Reference: MJ 1480 Reference: Michael Mark, British Chess Sets, V & A, May 1986: The Edinburgh or Upright Pattern is stated