England. This set is a "Ropetwist" set, called so because of the decoration that simulates a twisted rope. In this set at the upper and lower side of the central drum of the King and Queen. Sometimes it is on rooks as well. Very often the name is, in my opinion mistakenly, used for ordinary plain bone sets which have a central drum looking like a coiled rope. On the other hand "Ropetwist" sets aren't recognized always as such and sometimes wrongly called "Barleycorn". I think these sets are extremely scarce. I have seen only a couple of them.
- England, "Ropetwist"
- Mid 19th century
- Bone (or ivory?) K 9.3; p 3.4
- Box (chinese!) 13.8×11.4×9.1