Original Complete Civil War–Era Wooden Chess Set in Original Dovetailed Box / SOLD

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Original Complete Civil War–Era Wooden Chess Set in Original Dovetailed Box

 

Complete Civil War–period wooden chess set, consisting of fully hand-turned light and dark pieces, housed in its original sliding-lid wooden box with dovetail construction. The pieces are classic mid-19th-century forms—kings, queens, bishops, knights, rooks, and pawns—all present and matching, turned from light and dark woods rather than stained or weighted, consistent with period manufacture.

 

The original box retains its sliding lid and shows honest age wear, surface marks, and handling patina expected from wartime use. Dovetail joinery and utilitarian construction indicate a purpose-made set intended for portability rather than parlor display.

 

Chess sets of this type were popular among Civil War soldiers and officers, used in camps, winter quarters, hospitals, and prisons as a means of mental diversion and morale. Complete surviving sets, especially those retained in their original boxes, are notably scarce.

 

A strong, untouched example of a wartime leisure artifact, offering a tangible connection to daily life during the American Civil War.

 

Inventory Number: CAM 641

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A complete wooden chess set with black and natural pieces arranged in front of a rectangular wooden box.
A wooden box filled with black and white chess pieces, with the lid removed and placed in front of the box.
Two sets of wooden chess pieces, one black and one light brown, are arranged in rows on a white surface.
Two full sets of chess pieces, one black and one light wood, are arranged side by side on a white surface.
A black wooden chess knight piece standing upright on a white background.
A black wooden chess knight piece is shown upright against a white background.
A black chess queen piece shown in several horizontal cross-sections, stacked with gaps between each section, against a white background.
A single carved yellow chess rook piece is shown upright on a white background.
A wooden chess knight piece, carved in the shape of a horse's head, shown on a white background.
Three yellow chess pieces—a rook, a bishop, and a pawn—are standing upright side by side on a white background.
A rectangular wooden box with a fitted lid, featuring visible grain patterns and a slightly worn surface.

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