Chess Set - An Amusing Jewish Themed Chess Set, 20th Century (circa 1960s)

Charming painted figures in Jewish religious dress (Tallis, Yarmulke etc), one side with black bases the other side with pink bases. The king 8cm high. Jews have long been associated with chess: according to Moritz Steinschneider (Schach bei den Juden, 1873) Jews first became aquainted with chess in the 10th Century but it was until the 19th Century that they began to make a contribution on a significant scale.

£750.00 [Ref: 3974]