Old soviet playing set
Early soviet days, well finished and somewhat market by time and play. Kings stands 94 mm, bases are felted, no weight - excellent stability though wide spreading bases. Fairly light wood, the black side is blackened. The finials are separate wooden pieces, inserted into a hole in the top of kings and queens.
Marbled Plastic
Quite astonishing plastic set, from ca. 1980, in the traditional Russian form, in marbled and coloured plastic, with artistic whorls and grains. kings stands 99 mm, the set is felted, and contained in a well finsihed veneer-inlaid wooden box. The same set in diferent lighting can be seen here.
















