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Welcome to our Jaques Antique Chess ShopPlease see our extensive  while we expand our site.Visit frequently as we bring our entire catalog online. Please write or call if you have questions about specific sets you are interested in acquiring. We offer the most extensive collection of premium antique chess sets available anywhere in the world. Please check back as we will soon have online pictures and descriptions of many of our HUNDREDS of beautiful antique sets. We buy single sets and full estates. If you don't see what you want, please call. We generally have a number of sets in each of these styles, in range of prices based on condition and rarity. Please contact us for more information if you see one you like. Much, much more information will be appearing in this section over the next few months. |
Jaques boxwood and ebony set, unweighted, felted, inscribed "J. Jaques London" on the base rim of the King. Housed in its original carton pierre casket lined in blue velvet. The Knights are finely carved and are of the Morphy style. The Bishops are very attractive and delicate with a wide miter and delicate top. The Knights are carved from boxwood and stained black. The original yellow label (Jaques, London) shows the registration number and production number. |
Jaques boxwood and ebony set, unweighted, unfelted, inscribed "Jaques London" on the rim of the King. The Knights are of the transition Morphy style (Harrwitz), and the Bishops are very attractive with very wide, almost vertical miters and more bulbous headpieces. The black Knights are stained boxwood. All of the pieces still have their original green registration stickers. Some sets have a label shows the words “Second Quality”. The sets apparently establish that Jaques manufactured two qualities in their chess set line. The set is housed its original unlined cedar box with a green label showing: "THE STAUNTON CHESS-MEN. |
Jaques boxwood and ebony set, unweighted, felted, inscribed "Jaques London" on the rim. The Knights are very finely carved with a very attractive serpentine silhouette (Paulsen). The black Knights are ebony. The set is housed in its original carton pierre casket, lined in blue velvet, with the original yellow label showing: THE STAUNTON CHESS-MEN |
Jaques boxwood and ebony set, unweighted, felted, inscribed "Jaques London" on the rim of the King. The Knights are of the early Anderssen drop-jaw style and the Bishops are very attractive with very wide, almost vertical miters. |
Jaques boxwood and ebony set, weighted and felted. The Knights are of the Anderssen style, and are very finely carved with a very bold and aggressive appearance. The Bishops have a bulbous headpiece with a medium-wide slit. These are some of the very few sets having the Anderssen Knight. The mahogany box is undivided and felt-lined. |
A boxwood and ebony set, heavily weighted and felted with "Jaques London" inscribed on the base of the White King. A very attractive set with heavily carved Steinitz-style Knights with the drilled out pupils. The set comes in an undivided, green felt lined mahogany box with original green label showing: "THE STAUNTON CHESS-MEN. |
