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RARE SWISS HAND CARVED WOOD "BEAR OF BERNE" SET

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RARE SWISS HAND CARVED WOOD "BEAR OF BERNE" FIGURAL SET
1890-1910. One side in a darker wood. Kings and queens wearing crown and holding scepters, bishops with staffs, knights as bears carrying smaller bears on their backs, rooks as turrets with bear's heads looking out, pawns as squatting bears. The king 3 1/2" high The pawn 2 1/2" high. Note: The center for bear carved ornamental subjects in the 18th Century was Berne where the city's emblem was the bear. In the 19th Century mountain guides during off season would carve sets of this type for sale during the tourist season. (4000/5000)

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