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| John Jaques 16' Inlaid Chess Board | £29.00 |  |
| The 16' Inlaid board is a beautifully made chess board with walnut and sycamore squares and a decorative inlay border around the squares. \n\nThe 16' Inlaid Chess Board is the ideal size for the John Jaques Staunton Club Design 3.5' King Chess Set.\n\nEach square on the Inlaid chess board measures 38mm. | ||
| John Jaques 18' Inlaid Chess Board | £39.00 | |
| The 18' John Jaques Inlaid Chess Board is a beautifully made Chess board with walnut and sycamore squares and a decorative inlay border around the squares. \n\nThe 18' Inlaid Chess Board is the ideal size for the John Jaques Staunton Design Chess Set 3.5'.\n\nEach square on the Inlaid chess board measures 43mm. | ||
| John Jaques 20' Inlaid Chess Board | £49.00 | |
| The 20' John Jaques Inlaid Chess Board is a beautifully made chess board, with walnut and sycamore squares. It also has a decorative inlay border around the squares. \n\nThe 20' Inlaid Chess Board is the ideal size for the John Jaques Staunton Reintroduction 4' King Chess Set.\n\nEach Square on the Inlaid chess board measures 50mm. | ||
| John Jaques 23' Staunton Chess Board | £99.00 |  |
| The 23' John Jaques Staunton Chess Board is an exquisite handmade walnut and sycamore chessboard with solid mahogany surround. \n\nThe 23' Staunton is the ideal Chess Board to use with the John Jaques Staunton Reintroduction 4' King Chess Set.\n\nEach square on the Staunton chess board measures 63mm. | ||
| John Jaques 4' 1850 Staunton Chess Set | £1895.00 |  |
| John Jaques Staunton Chess Pieces were born, and to quote from a famous book on early chess 'Throughout it's history, nothing made such an impact on the design of chessmen as the introduction of the English Staunton Chess Pieces'. \n\nSimple symbols were used for each piece, a crown for the king, a coronet for the queen, a mitre for the bishop and a castle for the rock. The horses head for the knight was taken from marble sculpture on the Parthenon in Athens and the pawn was based on the Freemasons Square and Compasses. The set was launched in late 1847 with quite a fervour having an entire front page column of the Morning Herald dedicated to it. With this free press and superlative design success was virtually guaranteed and within 10 years nearly all important chess games were played with Staunton Chessmen, which is still the case today. \n\nStaunton Chess Sets have been produced continually by John Jaques from 1847 up to the present day, except during wartime. Production ceased on ivory sets in the early 1930s, but Boxwood sets continued right up to the outbreak of the war. After the war it was almost impossible to obtain ivory or ebony, but production recommenced using Boxwood only and black staining and black polishing for the black pieces. \n\nThis brings us to the original Staunton pieces produced today by Jaques. These are made in exactly the same materials and to the same specification as the original Boxwood and Ebony sets and they are polished by hand, with no lacquering being used. This brings on the natural colour and feel of the wood. \n\nThe craftsmanship of this 4' set matches that of the larger Jaques sets and exhibits the same exquisite design. Each piece is fitted with handmade English Leather cushions with beautiful gold block Jaques branding. The set is stored in a solid mahogany case and the case is lined with the finest English woollen baize. \n\nThe John Jaques 4' 1850 Staunton Chess Set allows you to relive a piece of chess history every time you remove it from your beautiful cabinet. A Limited Edition of 500 sets, each set has a numbered replica of the original 'Jaques Staunton Chess' label signed by the current company Directors, and if you send back the return part of the registration certificate your name will be added to the Jaques Staunton Chess History Archives. This set comes complete with a beautiful handmade inlaid wooden chess board, specially made for this set.\n\nDimensions: \n\nThe King is 4' Tall and the other pieces descend from him. | ||
| John Jaques Staunton Reintroduction Chess Set with 4' King | £895.00 |  |
| John Jaques invented the 'now industry standard' Staunton design of Chess pieces in 1847 and have continued to enhance the design since the 1890s. \n\nThe 1890's production was widely used in Chess tournaments at the time and the modern Jaques equivalent continues to be used in the majority of todays tournaments. Jaques commemorate that fact by producing a high quality replica of this groundbreaking set and have produced a limited edition of 500 sets.\n\nHandmade using the original 1890 pattern, the Staunton Reintroduction 4' King Chess Set is a finely detailed Boxwood set and is a replica of the exquisite 4' Club Staunton Chess Set. It was first introduced in the 1890s which is one of Stanton's finest periods and it is manufactured to the same high standards today.\n\nThe John Jaques Staunton Reintroduction Chess Set is supplied in a superb baize line polished mahogany cabinet with lock and each one is fitted with a numbered signed Original Staunton certificate of Authenticity. \n\nThe John Jaques Staunton Reintroduction Chess Set is a delightful Chess Set and is enjoyed by exponents of the wonderful game the World over.\n\nDimensions: \n\nThe King is 4' and the rest of the pieces descend in height from him. \n\nPlease note. This chess set should be used with a 20' board or larger. | ||
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