100 unusual antique chess sets

In picture #1... is that a fishop taking the place of the bishop?

#1 is a design from the Victoria and Albert Museum. It may never have been made as a set.

#2 Is one of the actual Leuchars over stamped Jaques set knights much copied never equalled

#3 Set owned by Ruy Lopez 1584

#4 German set with cannons and bombards for rooks

#5 Michael Edel set designs

#6 Simpsons in the Strand Knight modelled by a young lady.

#7 German set 18th century Rooks as cannons on stands.

#8 Staunton set by Bill or Bertram Jones 20th century. Retailed by Alex Hammond and Macy's 

#9 Bone set similar to one said to have been owned by George Washington. 

#10 18th century English wood set.

#11 Figure of a standing maiden 

#12 Miniature set which fits into the body of an Edel style rook.

#13 Travel set by Jaques of London.

#14 Wood set by Hallett of High Holborn registered 1851 (The year Jaques design protection ran out)

#15 10th or 11-century bone Muslim pieces

#16 Set made in Archangel by the Decembrists

#17 Muslim set 

#18 Italian 18c playing set.

#19 German 18c playing set.

The carp was a very popular icon in France in the 18thc and after.

 The very earliest Jaques ivory sets had curved stamps to the underside of the kings base. 

one assumes that the Wood sets were made first and the curved stamp used on the foot rim of the wood set kings was all Jaques had at that time

This is the type of set used in the Cafe de la Regence in Philidor's time.

I have many more if people like them.

Wow, very nice indeed

I like them a lot. If you have pics of chess boards too; I'm pretty sure I'll like them too. 

Austria Habsburg chess made before World war I , captured in Serbia.

Travel set above WW2 vintage escape set by Jaques of London. Sent to troops in POW camps in Germany. If anyone has one of these I would be very interested to see it.

Set in the 19th-century Indian manner Called after Samuel Pepys as his descendants gave a similar set to the British Museum along with his (17th-century) backgammon board and pieces.

Seated king from an 11th c set made from a section of walrus tusk (Musee Cluny Paris)

Muslim pieces, inlaid board.