Late19th century English bone travel chess set

Late19th century English bone travel chess set

This delightful late 19th century travel set in great condition was wcon recently at Pumphouse Auctions. The pieces are very well turned in good clean bone with minimal pitting.  With a king height of 5cms and a base width of 2cms makes the pieces very easy to move...
‘Hastilow’?? mid 19th century ivory chessmen

‘Hastilow’?? mid 19th century ivory chessmen

This delightful English 19th century ivory chess set has been described without a scrap of information or evidence as a ‘Hastilow set’. Pure garbage – simply accepting similar looking sets seen via Google images is a load of bull. Why on earth did I...