Jacques Original Staunton Chessmen- Mahogany Slide Lid Box

The original Staunton design made famous by Jaques of London is the face of chess as we know it today. Every piece in the Jaques Original Staunton Designed Chess Set - Mahogany Slide Lid Box is a work of art that has been carefully hand crafted from ebonized boxwood. Each set comes with a beautiful mahogany box for storing the pieces when they are not on display in your living room or study. The sliding lid design makes the pieces easily accessible and the box also houses a certificate of authenticity bearing the signature of Howard Staunton - who fully endorsed the brilliant pattern as the first British chess World Champion. This collection is available in your choice of sizes.

About Jaques of London
As the oldest games company in the world, the name Jaques is inexorably intertwined with the history of almost any classic game. After literally inventing croquet, popularizing the gold-standard Staunton chess pieces everyone recognizes, and building a series of other games and items with the finest wood in the world, Jaques has continued to reinvent itself. Today, they produce game pieces and sets of the utmost quality in the strongest, rarest, and best-looking materials on Earth. When you're look to look refined playing chess, croquet, ping pong, backgammon, snakes and ladders, or any other wooden game, look to Jaques of London.