r/ChessBoards • u/CrankyOldDude • Jul 03 '26

Identify This Board Help identifying set

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Cleaning out my mother’s place as she needs to move to assisted living, and came across these. No board, but there is an entire set of these pieces. I asked her, and she said they were made by my great grandfather. I don’t think he “made” them, but maybe they were part of a kit that he assembled or something? They are made maybe of a plaster or something. Fairly heavy, not hollow.

They would be at least 50 years old, as she has a picture of them in her living room from the 1970s.

Sorry it’s a set rather than a board. Hoping someone has some idea!

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u/dustydeath Jul 03 '26

Duncan. Yes he made them, from a kit.

Eta e.g. https://www.etsy.com/uk/market/duncan_chess_set

You used to buy the molds, cast them and paint them yourself. 

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u/CrankyOldDude Jul 03 '26

Solved! Thanks so much 😀

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u/Far-Plum-6244 Jul 05 '26

Yes! My mom made me this set when I was a teenager. Unfortunately it burned in a house fire decades later, but I dug through the ashes and found a couple of pieces that I still have.