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The Birth of the Staunton Pattern Design: Named after Howard Staunton, the unofficial world champion of the time, the first Staunton set was produced by John Jaques of London which was beautiful in its functionality yet easy to be produced in large scale.

Each chessmen is carefully handcrafted in India with dainty details.

I was blown away by their pics of this magnificent 1849 Jaques reproduction.

The pieces are dated around 1100 and were probably made in Salerne, Italy.

If this is really a chess piece, then it is the oldest chess piece found anywhere in the world.

It has all of the content of the Collectors Guide, but it has been considerably upgraded and expanded with lots of new material, from the accurate dating of introduction of the different sizes of sets to the dating of Carton Pierre caskets, and I think a photo of every type of label produced, with dates and a record of the evidence behind every statement; 2 To provide a good account of BCC sets; 3 To start cataloguing Jaques non-Staunton sets, based on their Pattern Book and ads.

, the tallest pieces, top the column with a stylised topped with a cross.

It looks good on an iPhone and is always at hand for reference.

are slightly smaller than kings, and feature a topped with a tiny ball a.

The Isle of Lewis chess sets contains the oldest known ecclesiastical bishop.