Calvert

This elaborate early 1800s English Playing Chess Set design, referred to in the literature as a Calvert Pattern, is derived from earlier German designs from the 15th through the 19th centuries. It is often, but wrongly, attributed to John Calvert, a Master of the Worshipful Company of Turners.

Chessmen of this type were actually manufactured throughout the early-to-mid Victorian period by John Jaques of London, Thomas Lund of Cornhill and others. The Calvert playing sets were ultimately supplanted by the Staunton pattern chessmen, which were introduced in the fall of 1849.

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This elaborate early 1800s English Playing Chess Set design, referred to in the literature as a Calvert Pattern, is derived from earlier German designs from the 15th through the 19th centuries. It is often, but wrongly, attributed to John Calvert, a Master of the Worshipful Company of Turners.

Chessmen of this type were actually manufactured throughout the early-to-mid Victorian period by John Jaques of London, Thomas Lund of Cornhill and others. The Calvert playing sets were ultimately supplanted by the Staunton pattern chessmen, which were introduced in the fall of 1849.

Subject ID: 183

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