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Hello, i have this chess table passed down from my grandmother but know nothing about it. Any information would be awesome. 

Looks gorgeous! Enjoy

Hm... the pieces look like ivory unless it's fake. If it's real there are a lot of restrictions on this kind of thing lately (though owning it is fine if you don't try to sell it.) You might take a picture of the bottom of a piece in the sunlight and put it here and I might be able to tell you better if it looks real to me.

The bottoms have felt on them. Would ivory be heavy or light weight?

Take good care of the chess set. It might worth a small fortune in the future.

Hey, bwhiteshaw. The felt was a surprise, usually antique ivory sets will not have that and the bottom is the best the best place to check the material. I don't recommend taking the felt off. Ivory is pretty heavy but the pieces may be weighted, especially if there's felt on the bottoms. I guess if you can't put a better picture I would suggest taking them to someone in person who can look at them and tell you. I don't suggest the hot needle test... there are just better tests that aren't destructive, but I guess it depends how much effort you want to put into this. If they're fake and they fail a needle test then you've marred one of the pieces. If they're real and they pass the needle test then you've learned something, but that means you're going to have a bad time if you want to sell them. If they're real or fake and you take them to an expert... well that's work too and might cost you money, I don't know what you're situation is, but it won't hurt the set. Good luck.