An Anatomical Torso Model, circa 1950 Burmese chess st retailed by Jaques between 1890

retailed by Jaques between 1890 and 1940

the king approx

were based on a 16th century "Farthingale" design

including a smaller hinged leather box in red leather incorporating: 30 boxwood and ebony turned backgammon counters

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

An Anatomical Torso Model, circa 1950 Burmese chess st retailed by Jaques between 1890A medical anatomical torso table model, circa 1950, by Stopler of Germany the painted plaster torso with a detachable front revealing a variety of colourful plastic human organs on steel screws: stomach (two halves), heart (two halves), two lungs, liver, kidney and intestines, on a rectangular wooden base (simulated 'hammered' metal finish) with the trade label of Stopler and an exhibition label from the Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, 42cm wide,