HERE ON OFFER IS A VINTAGE PEWTER CHESS SET MADE IN FRANCE BY "LES ETAINS DU PRINCE" PROBABLY FROM LATE 1970s THIS FRENCH COMPANY IS SPECIALISED ON MANUFATURING FINE FRENCH PEWTER ARTLCLES SINCE 1970, THEY ARE PATENTED BY THE 1909 LAW AND THE PRODUCTS ARE CERTIFY TO BE 95% PEWTER AND 5% ALLOY, FROM MY RESEARCH THIS COMPANY ARE PRODUCING FINE HISTORICAL STATUETTE FROM THE FIRST FRENCH EMPIRE PLUS ROMANTIC PEWTER SILHOUTTES, ET ETC. THIS CHESS SET WAS DISCONTINUED IN THE 1980s SO IS QUITE RARE IN THESE DAYS, SUITABLE ITEM FOR COLLECTORS THE CHESS PIECES ARE BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED FROM SOLID PETWER AND 1 SET HAVING A BRASS BASE TO BETTER DISTINGUISH EACH SIDE, THE FIGURES ARE CRAFTED DOWN TO THE FINEST DETAILS AND WEARING THE ORIGINAL PERIOD COSTUMES, THE BASES ARE FELTED WITH REAL RED VELVET.
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