Antique Staunton--Please Help Me Identify It

I bought this set on a wing and a prayer as the price was so attractive I was willing to take a flyer on it. The one thing I'm certain of is it's not a Jaques set, but it could be an Ayres, or a British Chess Company set, or some composite. According to the seller, the kings are 4" and the set is weighted. A number of you are more knowledgable than I of such things and I'd very much appreciate your learned views. Many thanks for your help! This pics are the seller's. The set won't arrive for a week.

Nice acquisition Chuck, Looks like an Ayres to me.

Thanks, Mike. That was my initial guess. But I didn't do any research before buying it--it was priced too well and he who hesitates is lost. After today's games I'll do some research, but guys like you and Frank know these sets so much better than I do, I thought it was worth asking.

Here is a very looking good chess set...

Congratulation for your choice Chuck

Thanks, Herve!

Some pics of an Ayres club-size set from HOS's Chess Antique site. Of a set offered there, HOS writes:

Offered here is a fine set of heavily weighted Boxwood and Ebony Ayres Antique Staunton chessmen, full club size, with green baize base pads. This set of chessmen has a 4-3/8″ tall by 1-3/4″ diameter base King with green baize base pads and is housed in a period mahogany box, probably original. The King side Knights and Rooks from each army have the King’s crown symbol imprinted on their summits. These particular chessmen were produced around 1892 – 1895, based on the very detailed Knight head, which is not found in later chessmen of this type. The chessmen are in very good-to-excellent condition. The only flaws are a few very fine hairline cracks in the Ebony chessmen, which is very common for these chessmen, and what appears to be small teeth marks on the finial of one Boxwood Pawn.  These style chessmen are often attributed to F. H. Ayres or The British Chess Company. Probably, the most appropriate moniker that should be applied when referring to them is SCA (So Called Ayres) chessmen. Regardless who actually produced these chessmen, they are of very high quality, almost the equal of Jaques chessmen of the 1890s. 

The main problem with Ayres is that they seem to have stamped everything they made except chess sets. We do however have the 1895 Strand magazine article which shows an Ayres carve/turner making a St George pattern chess set. (link to PDF on my site).

I have seen several of these sets Chuck and I think they were made by a London maker. Do bear in mind that Jaques made 'lesser' quality sets like these which they did not stamp.

For comparison Chuck here's some pics of my 4.4 Ayres set that was ready for the grave yard and brought back to life and restored by Alan Dewey (chessspy1).

And here's my 4" Ayres set

Many thanks, Alan. Once I get my hands on this set and examine it, I hope to engage your restoration services.