@Bamboo58 - lovely color on those white pieces.
Post Your Chess Sets
Sort:
Left this out after playing a few games with my son before school. Chavet, BCE, and Chronos.
Hi There, hopefully someone can help me: I was looking for a particular chessboard but i can't find it i'll post the picture here 
Oct 21, 2024
0
#2965
Rsava wrote:
@Bamboo58 - lovely color on those white pieces.
Thanks. The original french polish patina on circa 1900 set.
Anybody think they can tell me anything about my antique chess set? I know it’s made by Horn in between 1890-1920. The king is 2 3/8” tall. It’s in near flawless condition. I’m unfortunately selling it and would like more info to put in my ad. It’s hand carved out of bone. I believe bovine bone.
Ok. Those photos suck. I’m posting new ones
Oct 21, 2024
0
#2969
TonyStrugglano wrote:
It’s an antique bovine bone chess set. Here is one from around 1900 for sale on Etsy.
Pawnerai wrote:
Left this out after playing a few games with my son before school. Chavet, BCE, and Chronos.
Clean setup - what kind of board is that?
WandelKoningin wrote:
It’s an antique bovine bone chess set. Here is one from around 1900 for sale on Etsy.
The seller believes it to be of German origin.
Here is a news article from 1889 on "Where Toys Come From" in America. Overall, most toys were imported from Germany at that time. On chess, the best grades were from England and the cheaper grades of chessmen were from France:
Punxsutawney Spirit 1889:
Below is a page from the 1890 catalogue of Maxwell & Co (Chicago). There is no illustration but a set with a King size of 2 1/2 inch "fine polished bone; Stanton Pattern" is listed.
This is a similar bone set from 1916 sold by Montgomery Ward & co:
Perfect to play the cow opening 
Jokes aside, it's a very nice set, I love that material. Back in the day before plastic took over a lot of things were made out of it (like eg straight razor handles).
felonet wrote:
Pawnerai wrote:
Left this out after playing a few games with my son before school. Chavet, BCE, and Chronos.
Clean setup - what kind of board is that?
It's an old "Best Chessmen Ever" (BCE) 4-piece board from Slovenia. Sadly no longer made. Link
Man those creamy cappuccino pawns look so yummy. Shame they stopped making the board
Uživatel Rsava napsal:
Wonderful set @OndrejRucka - and I see that Go board under that table ...
Nintendo 
Learning Go is a completely new universe to dive in.
Oct 22, 2024
0
#2976
TonyStrugglano wrote:
Last night I came across a 2016 post from Brad Heilman in the Chess Collectors group on Facebook, where he talked about similar sets he owns/owned. He wrote:
"These little antique/vintage bone sets are really nice. The first one I ever saw for sale someone had commented about it that they are well known to have been made by The Sterling Furniture Company that produced chess sets in the late 1920s into the early 1930s. They can be found in many old compendium sets. I have seem them in, I believe, 3 sizes. This one has 2 inch Kings. They are pretty high quality although the design o the Knights leaves something to be desired, in my opinion. Although that commentor seemed pretty sure of his assertion there doesn't seem to be any proof that The Sterling Furniture Co. made them. Though, having said that there was another person, a collector, whose set was in a Sterling Furniture Co. chess box. The pieces in these sets unscrew into several parts. The King in this set is made up of 7 separate parts. These are rare enough to be collectable but not so rare as to be very pricey. I think I have all sizes. They also were made with white and black pieces.”
WandelKoningin wrote:
TonyStrugglano wrote:
Last night I came across a 2016 post from Brad Heilman in the Chess Collectors group on Facebook, where he talked about similar sets he owns/owned. He wrote:
"These little antique/vintage bone sets are really nice. The first one I ever saw for sale someone had commented about it that they are well known to have been made by The Sterling Furniture Company that produced chess sets in the late 1920s into the early 1930s. They can be found in many old compendium sets. I have seem them in, I believe, 3 sizes. This one has 2 inch Kings. They are pretty high quality although the design o the Knights leaves something to be desired, in my opinion. Although that commentor seemed pretty sure of his assertion there doesn't seem to be any proof that The Sterling Furniture Co. made them. Though, having said that there was another person, a collector, whose set was in a Sterling Furniture Co. chess box. The pieces in these sets unscrew into several parts. The King in this set is made up of 7 separate parts. These are rare enough to be collectable but not so rare as to be very pricey. I think I have all sizes. They also were made with white and black pieces.”
Indeed. Commonly known as "ugly Uhlig" and attributed to Horn-McCrillis.
TundraMike wrote:
Thanks, Alan, had no idea Horn was behind any bone sets.
Read the comments.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/354458331618808/posts/1539853979745898/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/354458331618808/posts/1885795715151721/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/354458331618808/posts/1152477718483528/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/171812150040374/posts/865196557368593/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/171812150040374/posts/1542837542937821/
Wonderful set @OndrejRucka - and I see that Go board under that table ...