Login / Register Sellers Clients
WALPOLES

Chess Piece Commemorating Telegraphed Match

Stock No

5623

Member since
2015
  • £1,350.00
  • €1,579 Euro
  • $1,786 US Dollar

Questions about this item?

Contact Seller

Like this item?

Item Description

One of 10 engraved and gilded rooks commissioned from the Piccadilly firm of Giuliano (Carlo & Arthur Giuliano) to commemorate a chess match played between the House of Commons in Great Britain and the House of Representatives in the United States of America. Five members from each house played the game making moves communicated “over the lines of The Anglo American Telegraph Co. London and Western Union Telegraph Co. New York, 1897”. Although the number of these pieces made is not known it is thought that one was presented to each of the ten players.

Note: This present example is missing a cross section of the cable originally held beneath glass and within the turret.

Marked beneath with the stamp ‘C&AG’. dia:2 inches x h:3 inches

 

Item Info

Seller

WALPOLES

Seller Location

London, London

Period

19th Century

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Location

London, London

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Contact No

+44 (0)207 7275263

+44 (0)7831 561042

More from WALPOLES