This is by a country mile by far the most interesting American set (purchased on Ebay USA around 2006). The imitation boxwood has developed a lovely patina. With a king height of 7cms and a base width of 3cms, it is perfect for playing with, and the one piece carved knights give this set a nice edge.

Perhaps research has been neglected as these interesting sets don’t appear to be worth too much? No Jaques set I have in wood comes ahead of this which I believe may well be a rather scarce American set made of wood, as they are in my humble opinion well worth collecting.

UPDATE: Having recently been in contact with an esteemed American collector, Alan Buschmann, who has been undertaking extensive research into American chessmen, he very kindly offered me some useful information on this rare set- he advised me that these chessmen are NOT related to American Chess Company chess sets.  On reflection it seems that my claim has been dubious for many years, and updating my site has become necessary.  The knights are one piece, with my three ACC sets knights having pegged horses. Failure to update is in my opinion a case of lazy neglect, and creates doubt on any claims made on this site.