VINTAGE MODERNIST BAKELITE MOTHER OF PEARL CHESS SET CZECH REP ? K 76mm + BOARD

HERE ON OFFER IS

A VINTAGE MODERNIST "BAKELITE MOTHER OF PEARL" CHESS SET
IN MY KNOWLEDGE THIS CHESS SET WAS MADE IN THE FORMER CZECHSLOVAKIA FROM EARLY TO MID 20th CENTURY FOLLOWING OR INSPIRED BY THE PAVEL JANEK MODERNIST CUBISM MOVIMENT

THESE CHESS PIECES ARE NICELY TURNED FROM POLISHED BAKELITE RESEMBLING MOTHER OF PEARL AND JET BLACK, IS A QUITE RARE SET TO COME ACROSS, THE DESIGN IS VERY CLINICAL ESSENTIALLY THE PIECES ARE CONES APART THE ROOKS WHICH ARE CYLINDERS AND THE KNIGHTS HAVING MALLETS DIAGONALY INSERTED TRHOUGH THE CONES THE BISHOPS HAVING CONTARSTING TOPS , VERY SIMPLE CHESS SET AND YET BEAUTIUL,SOME OF THE WHITE PIECES WITH AGE ARE NOW TURNING IN A WARM BUTTESCOTCH COLOUR

THE KING STAND AT 76mm OR 3" THE BASE IS 27mm THE PANW STAND AT 39mm THE BASE IS 25mm

THIS PARTICULAR SET COME WITH THE BEAUTIFUL ORIGINAL FOLDING CHESS BOARD IN WHICH THE STRUCTURE IS MADE FROM SOLID BLACK BAKELITE HEAVY FOR SIZE, THE PLAIYING SURFACE IS NICELY INLAID WITH JET BLACK AND MOTHER OF PEARL BAKELITE WITH LOTS OF SWIRLS TO EACH SQUARE , THE CLASP IS MADE FROM SOLID BRASS PUSH IN BUTTON TO SECURE IT THE HINGES ARE ALSO MADE FROM SLID BRASS AND ARE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER THE INNER STORAGE IS NICELY LINED WITH GREY VELVET LIKE FELT IS A WONDERFUL CHESS BOARD