by Pauline McCallum | Jan 30, 2019
In the 1891 catalogue the ‘lizard’ knight does not appear, with the cavalier horse used on the Imperial or the Staunton improved sets . This was confusing as BCC appeared to switch their knights around confusing us hence my name change. The lizard horse...
by Pauline McCallum | Jan 29, 2019
In 1900 BCC created this Staunton Imperial chess set with the pieces relative to their value on the chessboard (boxwood? and ebonised) – the king is 9.5cms. These sets appear to be rather scarce as few are ever made available for sale. A purchase from Tim...
by Pauline McCallum | Jan 29, 2019
the set comes with original box and label intact. King 9cms boxwood? and ebony – an ebay purchase from 2011. These Staunton club sets don’t appear for sale too often in their original boxes with labels intact.
by Pauline McCallum | Jan 29, 2019
A BCC boxwood and ebony chess set with hand carved one piece ‘lizard’ type knights, this set is unstamped. This may have been a later set?! as the box had no label and it might have been a made to order set with the king height of 10cm. Purchased on ebay...
by Pauline McCallum | Jan 29, 2019
A BCC Norwood blind man’s set with the smallest type of Xynolite knights – this appears to be a rather scarce item. Purchased on ebay in the Spring of 2015, the board size is 22cm x 22cm. I have yet to see another set in 18 years of research. This scarce...
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