I think so!
If you didn't know the story would you think they were made to be together? Mikey
A few days ago I posted a thread on an antique Lacquer family Altar. It was missing the top though. I finally went back to the same store and...
I'm amazed there isn't a lot of damage. These were in a gallon size ziploc bag. The only damage is to the black goats horns. One horn missing and...
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You are very welcome.
I really like the design. Simple and elegant. I would say it is 1910-1915. Maybe a bit earlier. So glad you finally found something. Mikey
Nice find Kiko. Its beautiful! Mikey
So who is the bearded guy in the middle?
Thanks to everyone for the information. I will get a pic of the bottoms when I get home from Work.
Thank you Kyra! So do you think the black ones are Ebony wood? Notice i followed smallaxe's instructions lol. [ATTACH]
I don't play chess so even if they were standard I probably would have got it wrong also. The board I made in High school wood shop. 1975 or so.
The back of the goat lol [ATTACH]
Here is a close up. [ATTACH]
If they are ivory then that's a lot of it. The king alone is 6" tall and 6.5 oz.
And the knights are goats.
Thanks, Now that i look at them closer they do look African.
This was $3 at a thrift. Looks Chinese? The black pieces I think are wood, the white pieces are much heavier than the black ones though, so they...
Sorry I meant to type Byzatine.
When researching this I saw many that were called Byzatine. It is heavy brass, 4 pieces, 24" tall. Wondering if anyone can identify the age and...
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