378. Jaques, London. A Staunton pattern boxwood and ebony chess set, one white and black castle and knight stamped with crown trademark, white king stamped ‘JAQUES LONDON’, 4in (10 cm) high, the pawn is 1 7/8in (4.9 cm) high, in a mahogany box with sliding cover, no label, with an associated folding chess board. £300-500
λ 379. A French amboyna veneered and chrome games compendium, fitted with a chequer board, a roulette wheel, counters, dice, cards and chess pieces, 18½in (46.7cm) wide, a rosewood, satinwood and marquetry chess board, with two drawers with a wood chess set; a cased set of bone and ebony dominoes; a Syrian folding games box, inlaid backgammon and chequer boards, with counters; a modern games compendium by Modiano and a rosewood chequer board with lidded compartments containing counters. (6) £200-300
380. A leather folding games board, for chess / draughts, backgammon and ‘The Steeple Chase’, boxwood and ebony draughts, red and natural bone counters, two cribbage boards and pins and a pair of mother of pearl opera glasses. (A lot) £40-60
λ 381. A Victorian rosewood and satinwood games board, the reversible top inlaid chequer and backgammon boards, 16¼ x 16in (41.3 x 40.6cm) and a hinged folding cribbage board. (2) £150-250
382. A late 19th century French set of twenty eight mother of pearl dominoes, in an ebonised, amboyna and brass inlaid box, the lid with a plaque inscribed ‘AU NAIN BLEU, PARIS, 27 Bd des Capucines’, 2½in (6cm) high, 7½in (18.7cm) wide. £80-120
383. A set of thirty 19th century bone backgammon counters, natural and stained red, 1½in (3.5cm) diameter. (30) £100-150
Sold on behalf of the executors of The Hon. Mary Anna Marten dec’d, of Crichel House, Dorset.
λ 384. A 19th century Anglo-Indian carved bone miniature games table, 3in (7.5cm) high and an Anglo-Indian ivory box and cover, with inlaid metal decoration. (2) £100-150
λ 385. A 19th century Chinese lacquer and mother of pearl inlaid mahjong set, with a leather travelling outer case, the lid with a crowned monogram ‘F E O’, the interior stamped ‘LADY ALINGTON 88, PORTMAN SQUARE, LONDON,’, the interior with trays of bone and bamboo counters and tiles, 5½in (13.5cm) high, 13¼in (33.5cm) wide, 7¾in (19.3cm) deep. £100-200 Sold on behalf of the executors of The Hon. Mary Anna Marten dec’d, of Crichel House, Dorset.
λ 386. A 19th century Chinese lacquer games box, decorated in gilt with pagoda landscapes, the interior with five lidded boxes containing a quantity of Chinese mother of pearl gaming counters, 11in (28cm) wide. £100-150 Sold on behalf of the executors of The Hon. Mary Anna Marten dec’d, of Crichel House, Dorset.
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