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Posted 2 years ago
jwendell222
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Spanish whimsical hand painted wood figures depicting a bullfight, white & yellow/black & red. Featuring matadors, Spanish ladies, picadors, and fierce bulls as the knights. Kings 3 1/2", pawns 2".
No history (as usual) on this set. It may have been chewed on at one time by a small child or puppy, but still, none the worse for wear.
Obvious hand assembly and finish, so probably not too many made.
If you have seen a set like this, I'd love to hear from you.
jwendell222@aol.com
Chess SetsFew board games can claim the same breadth of history as chess, which span…
Hi these look like Chess pieces to me ? Is that possible .
Neat item and thanks for sharing
Oh sorry I just saw you knew it was a Chess set in title I missed that :-(
Here is your Chess set it says it is from 50's . Scroll down page to see it under toy chess sets .You are missing some of the men . Hope this helps you :-)
http://www.chess-museum.com/toy-sets.html
It is called bullfighter set
Manikin, you are a jewel, thank you so much for the research and reply. This is about as good as it gets, finding a set in a museum. Actually, I have the whole set, just posted one of each piece per side (to get larger photo size with more detail). The museum is a site I had not found, and plan to scan it cover to cover.
If I find another of my sets there I will be sure to let you know, Again, thank you very much for yout time and help.
Your very welcome Jwendell :-) Glad I could help
Thanks Scandi :-) Was glad to locate the set for Jwendell