Finely hand carved light and hardwood chess set, each piece is a unique king 14.5cms tall
The rooks are elephants with towers on top, dark Turkish bishops at advisors hold scales and book, white bishops are finely modeled jesters, each pawn is unique, and all pieces carved by hand from one block of wood.
French pieces represented by the white side. White side king and queen are Napoleon and Josephine. The theme of the set is the French vs the Turks/Ottoman empire around 1800.
There was a famous battle between the two empires, here is a link : Battle of Abukir 1799
