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Mammoth ivory chessmen

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The name barleycorn derives from the corn leaf and husk decoration on the main pieces. In one type of barleycorn set, all the pieces, except the rooks, rise from plain circular bases to baluster stands, which in the king and queen support heavy cylindrical bodies decorated with two bands of corn husks and one of corn leaves. The king then rises to a serrated double crown, often surmounted by a Maltese cross, while the queen has a further collar of corn leaves, surmounted with either a coronet or a reeded ball. The bishops are mitres, and the knights boldly carved horses' heads. The rooks are castellated towers, sometimes surmounted with a reeded ball, sometimes with a flag. Were used in Great Britain throughout almost the whole of the 19th century.

King: 13 cm (5.1 inches), Pawn: 5.2 cm (1.7 inches) - weighted and felt lined;
Board: 43.2 cm (17 inches).

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White chessmen: wild pear-tree, mammoth tusk, box-tree;

Black chessmen: stained wild pear-tree, stained mammoth tusk, stained box-tree.

Chessboard base: oak, stained oak;

Black squares: nut-tree, mahogany, fumed oak, stained mammoth tusk;

White squares: wild pear-tree, mammoth tusk, birch, oak, ash-tree

	Chessmen		Board			Price
	White	Black	Base	White squares	Black squares	Price
1	wild pear-tree	stained wild pear-tree	oak/ stained oak	wild pear-tree/ birch/ oak/ ash-tree	nut-tree/ mahogany/ fumed oak	e-mail us
2	mammoth tusk	stained mammoth tusk	oak/ stained oak	wild pear-tree/ birch/ oak/ ash-tree	nut-tree/ mahogany/ fumed oak	e-mail us
3	mammoth tusk	stained mammoth tusk	oak/ stained oak	mammoth tusk	stained mammoth tusk	e-mail us