ART DECO BAKELITE SILETTE CHESS SET BY CRAYS OF CAMBRIDGE  NO BOARD

HERE OFFERED IS

AN ORIGINAL BRITISH "ART DECO" BAKELITE SILETTE CHESS SET
 MADE IN EARLY 20th CENTURY PROBABLY 1930-40s HAND CRAFTED BY "CRAYS OF CAMBRIDGE"
MADE FROM A EARLY PLASTIC MATERIAL "CATALIN" - BAKELITE
 THE SET SHOWN A VERY ORIGINAL "ART DECO" DESIGN, IS NOT A REPRO IT IS GENUINE SET PROBABLY THE ONLY BAKELITE BRITISH ART DECO DESIGN EVER MADE

  THE 1930/40s ARE KNOWN AS "THE GREAT DEPRESSION POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL DEPRESSION THESE SET WERE MADE FROM PLASTIC WHICH THEN WAS A CHEAP OPTION MATERIAL SO IS AN "AUSTERITY CHESS SET"

THE WHITE PIECES HAVING A LOVELY RICH BUTTERSCOTCH PATINA AND ARE UN-WEIGHTED,

 DUE TO THE GOOD BASE PROPORTION THE PIECES ARE VERY WELL BALANCED AND IDEAL FOR PLAY OR DISPLAY,THE KING STAND AT 70mm THE BASE IS 28mm THE PAWN IS 34mm THE BASE IS 19mm

 THE CHESSMEN SET COME IN THE ORIGINAL SLIDE TO BOX WELL HAND CRAFTED FROM SOLID MAHOGANY AND HAVING HINGED JOINTS, THE INNER BASE IS LINED WITH WINE COLOUR FELT, THE CRAY's OF CAMBRIDGE TRADE MARK STAMPED TO THELID ALSO, IN 1 SHORT SIDE THERE IS MTHE RETAILER STICKER WHICH CONSIST IS A GOLDEN SHIELD STAMPED L.CUMMINGS (see photo) , AS SEEN PHOTOS


I HAVE DISPLAIED THE CHESS SET WITH A LOVELY PERIOD CHESS BOARD TO SHOW HOW WOULD LOOK LIKE ON DISPLAY BUT THE BOARD IS NOT PART OF THE SALE

THE COMBINED UNWRAPPED WEIGHT IS 448gr IN MY SCALE

CONDITION REPORT

CHESSMEN; PIECES ARE ALL IN GOOD VINTAGE USED CONDITION,THERE ARE JUST LITTLE SIGN OF USE TO FEW PIECES NOT OBVIOUS, THE FIGURE ARE  GLUED TO THE ROUND BASES AND THERE AR SLIGHT SIGN OF GLUE BETWEEN THE BASE AND FIGURE TO SOME PIECES, THE BOX IS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER JUST SOME USUAL MARKS AND SIGN HERE AND THERE, BUT THE LID HANDLE HAS BEEN REPLACED OTHERWISE NO DAMAGES
I HAVE DESCRIBED THIS ITEM AT THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE ALSO AS I SEE IT SO PLEASE LOOK CAREFULLY TO THE PHOTOS PROVIDED AND MAKE UP YOUR MIND "SOLD AS SEEN"