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Chessmen
Unrecorded artistlate 18th century
- Attribution
- Unrecorded artist
- Medium
- Ivory, ebonized boxwood
- Physical dimensions
- Height (each queen): 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); Height (each king): 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); Height (each bishop): 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); Height (each rook): 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); Height (each pawn): 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)
- Credit line
- Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1948
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