"Battle of blondes and brunettes" chessmen (32)

Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin, ca. 1870

Artist

Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin (German, founded 1763)

Date

ca. 1870

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain

Size

Height (each queen): 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Height (each king): 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); Height (each bishop): 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Height (each knight): 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); Height (each rook): 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); Height (each pawn): 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)

Type

Chess Sets

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed