Fritz Chess - Grandmaster Challenge III

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Antique Chess

Calvert 1810 Antique Reproduction Chess Set & Board

An exact replica of one of the world's most famous Chess sets

This elaborate early 1800s  English Playing Chess Set design, referred to in the literature as a Calvert Pattern ,  is derived from earlier German designs from the 15th through the 19th centuries. It is often, but wrongly, attributed to John Calvert , a Master of the Worshipful Company of Turners, located at 189 Fleet Street, from around 1790 to 1840. He specialized in exquisitely turned Chess sets in ivory for the aristocracy and in ebony/boxwood for the many coffee shops and clubs where Chess was a popular pastime.

The King stands around 3-1/2" tall. The display Chess board box feature two drawers with individual compartments for piece storage.

Consists of 32 Chessmen, 16 light and 16 dark

Includes a display chessboard with two drawers with individual compartments for piece storage.

Chessmen of this type were actually manufactured throughout the early-to-mid Victorian period by John Jaques of London  and Thomas Lund of Cornhill. The Calvert playing sets were ultimately supplanted by the Staunton pattern chessmen, which were introduced to the public in the fall of 1849 by the firm of John Jaques of London .