Bell metal is bronze. Bronze is an alloy so there are various mixtures of metals used to make it. Fundamentally it is copper with some tin....
The introduction of Jaques 'Staunton' set in the mid 19th C pretty well set chess design in stone for 150 years. I associate bone or ivory sets...
More things will corrode brass, and faster. The zinc content is the weak point. Durability is one good reason but you really don't wany verdegris...
Time for the hot pin test.
I was a really nice piece, but I don't want to deal with clothing. I'm sure you were......................and a nudist to boot?
Why is that one in English?
No rule about being curious!
The OP has not pictured their set. I have my soubts about the ebay set, but I am pretty sure it is not all that old.
Could you do your pictures by daylight. They generally look as if you are taking them in the ddeepest dungeon of the local castle. :-)
More of a veteran poster.
How much is the pendulum?
Images with flash burn should be discarded by the taker and done again in better light. I don't know how people can look at a bad picture and say,...
I doubt if the linked set is anything but cast resin. That does not mean yours is. But the original use of bone or ivory for chess pieces predates...
I am very dubious about dates on stuff. How big is it? Picture of the back? If it is around 3 by 5 inches I think it might be for printing...
These were usually made of bronze, not brass, less prone to corrosion. A brass one would be a modernish decor item. It was a utility object, I...
It helps if you take pictures against a plain background. That rug is very distracting but because you were used to it and were thinking about the...
I agree pyrites, and the one after it looks like galena, a massive ore of lead.Next lookslike flint, then an agate.
It must be extremely heavy......
Some bits of silver to soak up spare money. 10 inch 21 ounce tray [IMG] I'm going to stand some cactus plants on it. An American sterling...
Is this what it was like in the 1960s? Trying to tell boys from girls? It was a period of not really caring one way or the other. In London, anyway.
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