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The Parrot's
Show Cage #8
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Reader Ty Kroll writes:
It's a little horn set that came without any box.
Pieces appear to be in the Vienna Coffeehouse form, but again, that's all
anyone can tell me. Knights have rhinestones in the eyes.
Pieces are felted; some of the felts replaced.
Nicholas Lainer of the chess-museum had this to say: "I
have certainly not come across anything alike before. If there
weren't these odd rook tops, I would venture the guess that they are
German or South German.
Please note that these forms were also apparent in pieces
made all over the Hapsburg empire, so this might be from Czechia, Hungary,
even Romania or Poland, let alone Southern Germany. Coffeehouse sets
were also made in the Erzgebirge area in Borstendorf by Uhlig, Wittig and
Louis Arnold, possibly anywhere were there was demand for them."
That's by far the best anyone has been able to do as far
as an identification. Here are some pictures of that set (click on any of
the thumb-nailed images below for a larger view):
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