Some more photos under lamplight …. 
I find great beauty in pieces like these … and imagining what joy and deep thought they may have bought players of time’s past and perhaps even during the war - thinking about chess puzzles as way distract oneself from the issues of the day.
The face of 100 year old dog….
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Jun 13, 2024
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#62
Very nice find Powder! I'm a big fan of dogface sets and this is a very nice specimen! Check out http://www.chess-museum.com/staunton-style.html page and scroll down to "Slim Stem Chessmen" and meet your sets' sibling.
Jun 13, 2024
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#65
Well spotted @BrownishGerbil - thank you! Looks like it may be a Chavet or Roz and mine are a tad taller at 72.4mm. For fun here’s a replica of the photo on the CM site plus a chess game set up from the paper in 1936. Sorry - poor light - it’s nighttime here so not natural light. 
I should also mention that four of the pieces 2 white and 2 black have slight cracks in them. It worries me not - they’ve lasted a long time already and they look great😊.
What a cool board
Jun 13, 2024
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#67
DCthedestroyer wrote:
What a cool board
Thank you! If you’re really bored - the story of that board is here:Reconditioned board.
Jun 13, 2024
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#68
Powderdigit wrote
Yes, I find them cute but basic - oh my... how I would love the knights to be the beautiful and classically carved Jacques or similar .. but alas, the fun and basic dogfaces for me.
I just looked back to the first set that started this thread and that is quite different - thicker stems, different base .... albeit the knights appear somewhat similar.
I guess, your are right. Maybe they have just been growing on me over the time. Or it is your secret magic superpower again that makes me love every set you post. 😄
Jul 1, 2024
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#70
My father-in-law has long since passed but he was a photographer who was recently commemorated, with many others, in a publication celebrating photographers in Australia. Albeit he would prefer people in his pictures … to capture life … I feel like he’d be happy with simple shots like these too. Lovely light.
Aug 24, 2024
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#71
Another local find. The knights are crude and basic but the knots and swirls in the Jura wood from what is probably a 1970’s French made set give these pieces a personality all their own. A common set from time’s gone by - I am sure it’s has seen many a game and will do into the future. The board came with the pieces and the simplicity of it all brings a smile.
Man I am loving that board! What is the size, does it fold, and where did you find it? Looks so thin!
Aug 25, 2024
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#73
I’m sorry @IslandKnightz - I have little information - the board and pieces were purchased together, from an elderly lady. I imagine it’s a board from the 70’s or 80’s that was kept in cupboard for when the grandchildren came around. It’s a simple laminate board with a felt base. As with the set - basic and functional.
I'm not a big fan of dog-face knights, but these knights I really like. Their necks are also somehow different. As for the other pieces, I generally like broad bases and slender stems. I quite like the pawn as well with its little pointy head and broad base.
Yes, I find them cute but basic - oh my... how I would love the knights to be the beautiful and classically carved Jacques or similar .. but alas, the fun and basic dogfaces for me.
I just looked back to the first set that started this thread and that is quite different - thicker stems, different base .... albeit the knights appear somewhat similar.