A set of chess pieces "Presidential Regiment "is a highly artistic porcelain chess set of the world - famous porcelain manufactory"Gardner". Painted figures of the queen and king, stately officers and brave soldiers with a flotilla and whole cavalry.Russia, 2000s. Based on the model of S. Orlov in the 1930s. The Contractor A. Kharitonov. Porcelain, overglaze painting, polychrome, gilding. Sergey Mikhailovich Orlov is a Soviet sculptor and artist.Dimensions:board size-43*36 cmthe height of the pieces is 8 cm.Condition: perfect, brand new, free of defects.The same set is available in the Museum of porcelain chess in St. Petersburg.

Antique Russian Book:  Author: Kuzmin M.  Title: Three books of short stories. The first book of short stories. - Second book of short stories. - Third book of short stories.  Binding: Hard  Language : Russian.  Published: Moscow 1910- 1913  387, 323, 435 pages  Condition: very good, collectible  In three cloth bindings with gold lettering on the leather . Complete set of three books. Mikhail Alekseyevich Kuzmin (1872-1936) was a Russian poet of the Silver age, translator, prose writer, and composer. 1) the First book of short stories. The Adventures Of Aimee LeBoeuf. Letters From Clara Valmont. Flor and the robber. Phyllida's Shadow. Anna Meyer's Decision. Aunt Sonia's couch. Wings. M.: Scorpion, 1910. 321, [1] p. 2) the Second book of short stories. The exploits of the great Alexander. The story of Eleusippus. Nezhny Iosif. M.: Skorpion, 1910. 386, [1] p. 3) the Third book of short stories. The journey of sir John Fairfax. The story of Xanthus, king Alexander's cook, and his wife, Calla. `High art`. Accidental provisions. Dangerous guardian. Vanina's birthmark. Dreamers. Lesman # 1211, Markov # 523-525, Smirnov- Sokolsky. # 2895-2897.   к594

Title: Sachove Listy Publisher: Karl Pitter Printing House, Prague 1900-1902 Language: Czech Binding: Hardcover Pages: 539 Embossed lederine binding. Publisher: J.V. Stefanydes, editor: Josef Pospisil. Complete set, all published issues. From the library of Baturinsky- Karpov. 1900 - №№ 1-12. 1901 - №№1-12, 1902 - №1-10. With ex-libris of the Baturinsky Library. After that, the magazine was not published again.   Condition: perfectEK30

Porcelain chess set in an east-folk style. Made in Russia in artistic and experimental laboratory in which products are made highly manual molding process.Porcelain mass RM 905V (slip) manually poured into plaster molds. This technology enables the production of thin-walled articles and products of complex shape (which include this set of porcelain souvenir chess). All products - semi-finished products after drying hand washed out to remove the casting and molding seams. Dried and processed products are placed on cassettes and are stackable 1st bisque firing at a temperature chamber furnace 990S French company SERIC WISTRA. In the firing process removes organic compounds and semi-caking. After the 1st firing semi-finished products are glazed by dipping glaze on the car company SAMA glaze brand ER 210Z. After glazing products - semi-finished products are placed on cassettes and are stackable 2nd firing at a temperature of 1400 ° C in a chamber furnace company SERIC WISTRA.Ready porcelain selected from the cassettes and are processed polishing pads on the grinding machine company SAMA to remove adhering to the leg of products.Technical capabilities of the factory, the quality of the raw materials used, as well as professional and creative team to his work - all to produce highly porcelain arts and crafts -utilitarnogo appointment with a manual (the author's) list.Natural white color represents a tremendous opportunity for painting.In his works the artist - farforist uses sophisticated technology - hand-painted porcelain on a white field with special heat-resistant paints bright, rich colors.In the manufacture of souvenir porcelain chess used gold-ceramic paint and then baked products highly in an electric furnace at a temperature of 820C.

Author: Shumov I. S. Title: Chess Primer Publisher: S-Peterburg. 1867 Language: Russian, French Binding: Hardcover Pages: 120   Number 105 in Sakharov’s Chess Cataloque. Collection of  scahographic and other chess problems , including complete chess primer, mats political, humorous and fantasticArt Sh

USSR Chess bulletins 1944-1945: 13 and 14 the championships of the USSR Dimentions: approx 29 *20.5*1.5cm Language: Russian Compilation (convolute) of  Soviet chess papers with the matches of 13 and 14 champinchips of the USSR with the results tables. From 1944 till 1945 years. Has a small addition of 2 issues about Kiev semifinal in 1940. Extremily rare

All ever published issues. Publisher's cover Vol 1 1925  - Vol 1 1937   Published in Paris   From the collection of Baturinsky and Karpov.   Viktor Davydovich Baturinsky - Soviet functionary In 1970-1981 — Director of the USSR Central School of Economics. In 1971-1981 — Head of the Chess Department of the USSR Sports Committee. In 1974-1986-Deputy Chairman of the USSR Chess Federation. In 1978 and 1981 — he was the head of the Soviet delegation to the World Championship matches. In 1981-1985, he was the head chess coach of the USSR Sports Committee. In 1984, he became an international referee.EK28

Soviet Chess Sculpture «The Pioneers Play Chess»Material: Zinc AlloyDimensions: 39 x 22 cmWeight: 4 kgArtist: UnknownManufactured: USSR, Soviet Union. Exact date unknown, roughly in the middle of the 20th Century.Handpainted by the original author roughly in the middle of the 20th Century.No any marks about the author name.

Plavinsky Dmitry Petrovich (1937-2012) "Eve". The end of the twentieth century. Paper, linocut, 67.5×49.8 cm. Under the image on the right is the author's signature with a graphite pencil: "Plavinsky". Condition: slight contamination of the right edge. Painter, graphic artist generation "sixties", a representative of unofficial art. He studied at the theater Department of the art school in memory of 1905. In the 1960s-1970s he was a member of the "twenty" — a group of Moscow artists — "avant-garde", participated in many acclaimed exhibitions then. He was one of the founders and leaders of the non-conformist art movement in Russia. Since 1975 — member and permanent participant of exhibitions of the Moscow City Committee of graphics on Malaya Gruzinskaya street. Special known artist brought the romantic-melancholic paintings and drawings — the work combines intricate hyperrealistic surrealism with the Orthodox Church motives.

King height: approx. 80 mm Total number of chess pieces: 32 pieces Chess board: included Weight: approx. 8 kg Country of Manufacture: Russian Federation

Size:King’s height approx. 7,5 cm; base diameter 3 cmPawn’s height approx. 5,5 cm; base diameter 2,5 cmMaterial: figurines – walrus bone                 Base – wood.  A board is not included!Art 19 (in the hallway at the top left)

Unique Handmade Сhess Pieces from Arita Porcelain. JapanThe village of Arita is a place where Japanese porcelain products are made. The craftsmen manually create molds for the final production and filigree apply a decorative pattern. Each chess piece is a work of art, it is attractive to look at it and to take it in hand Chess is decorated with glittering glaze and patterns of dark cobalt blue and a special red color.   The set consists of 3 elements: 1. 16 porcelain chess pieces "Sakura" (+1 spare Queen) 2. 16 Tako Arabesque Pattern Porcelain Chess Pieces (+1 spare Queen) 3. Nao Hand-Made Japanese Paper Chess Board Chess pieces sizes: King’s height 8.5 cm, base diameter 3.2 cm Pawn’s height 4.3 cm, base diameter 2.3 cm Queen’s height 8.0cm, base diameter 3.2 cm Bishop’s height 6.5cm, base diameter 2.9 cm Knight’s height 6.0cm, base diameter 3.2 cm Rook’s height 5.0cm, base diameter 2.3 cm The inner tab is blue. Condition: very good Nao Hand-Made Japanese Paper Chess Board A magnificent chessboard covered with Japanese paper "washi" handmade by Nao Hizen. Durable and incredibly beautiful. Size: board: 38.5cm×38.5cm cells: 4cm×4cm Condition: very good