Antique Jaques BCD Portable Chess Set
An Antique Jaques Portable B. C. D. Chess Board, Mid to Late 19th Century
the red leather cylindrical tube gilt-stamped: PORTABLE B. C. D. BOARD... JAQUES PATENTEE, LONDON, the rolled cloth board for chess and backgammon, incorporating a hinged red leather case with further gilt tooling, 16 turned boxwood counters, 16 turned ebony counters (motifs for chess side, plain turning for backgammon or draughts the other), two bone dice, and two red leather and gilt shakers, also used as sliding stops
Length: 20.7cm
Width: 4.9cm
Stock Reference: MJ 1978
Interesting Victorian Jaques travelling chess set. The attractive wooden counters are for backgammon and chess, and fit snugly inside a rolled up leather board. Two leather shakers fit on either end and act, at the same time, as 'end stops'.
Lovely design, and now quite scarce. B. C. D. stands for 'Backgammon- Chess- Draughts', and the three games are ingeniously incorporated into the red leather tube. The B. C. D. set was first patented by Jaques in 1859.
Condition
Good. Rolled leather board a bit creased, a few minor scuffs and minor scratches to the leather outer case. 16 + 16 counters, chess one side, backgammon or draughts the other.
A Note From Luke
Interesting Victorian Jaques travelling chess set. The attractive wooden counters are for backgammon and chess, and fit snugly inside a rolled up leather board. Two leather shakers fit on either end and act, at the same time, as 'end stops'.
Lovely design, and now quite scarce. B. C. D. stands for 'Backgammon- Chess- Draughts', and the three games are ingeniously incorporated into the red leather tube. The B. C. D. set was first patented by Jaques in 1859.
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