Good Barleycorn Chess Set, circa 1850

Good Barleycorn Chess Set, circa 1850A Good Barleycorn Pattern Bone Chess Set, circa 1850 one side stained red, the other side left natural, kings with wheat husk decoration and reeded ball finials, queens with wheat husk decoration and a gadrooned ball finial, bishops with split mitres, knights as carved horses heads, rooks as solid circular turrets with flags, pawns with ball finials, all the chessmen raised on reeded circular bases, in an oak box with a hinged lid, the interior lined

stamped FOREIGN on both dials

Stock Code: 1921

kings surmounted with feathers

rooks as raised turrets with Islamic crescent moons

two black shakers

with the smaller tiles are relatively scarce: mahjong was popular

the wooden case with decorative brass mounts and a brass carrying handle

A Prince of Wales Investiture Chair

two wooden whist markers

4 bone Wind Discs in a bone Ming Pot and four miniature bone Mahjong dice in a miniature wooden box with a sliding lid

A rather interesting nursery or child's plate

with pineapples but of small size