Vizagapatam Export Chess Set, circa 1840 fox-hunting game signed “JAEGER ELECTRIC”

signed “JAEGER ELECTRIC”

It was imperative that the chairs could withstand rain

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

Another example of this print is held in the collection of the National Galleries

knights with ‘spiked helmets’

Vizagapatam Export Chess Set, circa 1840 fox-hunting game signed “JAEGER ELECTRIC”An Anglo Indian Export ivory Chess Set, Vizagapatam, circa 1840 one side stained red, the other side left natural, kings with foliate decoration and pieced tops surmounted with crosses, queens with floral tops, bishops as mitres, knights as horses heads, rooks as raised turrets with flags King: 14. 2cm high Pawn: 5. 4cm high Stock Reference: ALB 1672