HERE OFFERED IS A VINTAGE STAUNTON PATTERN CHESS SET MOST LIKELY MADE BY CHAVET-MORIZE PLUS ORIGINAL BOX IN MY KNOWLEDGE THIS PARTICULAR CHESS SET WAS TURNED FROM BOXWOOD SURCED IN THE JURA AREA AND TURNED BY CHAVET AT F.I.D.E SPECIFICATION SO SUITABLE FOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETIOTION. THE WOODWORK IS SMOOTH AND SHOW MOST OF THE ORIGINAL FRENCH POLISH FINISH SO THE PIECES ARE STILL SHINY, THE KNIGHT SHOWING SIMILARITY TO THE LARDY CHESS SET BUT THE MAIN PIECES FEET ARE THICKER AND THE KNIGHTS ARE BETTER THAN LARDY ALSO THE KING CROSS IS DIFFERENT. IN THE 1980s LARDY COMPANY WAS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY AND AT THAT TIME CHAVET BOUGHT THE MACHINERY TO PRODUCE THE WELLKNOWN LARDY KNIGHT THAT IS WHY MANY SELLER LIKE ME WERE UNSURE IF THIS SETS WERE MADE BY LARDY UNTIL NOW.
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