STYLE: Silver, Gold Boxes and Ceramics

A Massive German parcel-gilt silver chess set, successors of Neresheimer & Co., Hanau, probably circa 1960/70

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November 13, 03:38 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Massive German parcel-gilt silver chess set, successors of Neresheimer & Co., Hanau, probably circa 1960/70

the jewelled figures cast as knights in armour and other historical figures, carved ivory faces, inspired by the imperial bronze statues in the Hofkirche, Innsbruck, Austria; the rooks as rearing stallions; the black and white onyx board and silver-mounted box in the form of a stylised mediaeval castellated fort, containing the fitted drawers with the chess figures; marked '935' and 'Sterling', now missing three figures

the figures, the largest16.6cm., 6 ½ in. high; the board/box 90 x 90 x 43 cm., 35 ½ x 35 ½ x 17in.

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Adnan Mohammed Khashoggi (1935-2017), until his property was sequestered in 1989

For a similar chess set with comparable dimensions of Hanau origin, see Sotheby's New York, 15 April 2011, lot 112