Topic: Board game pawns (or earplugs)... when was glass used?

[Carolyn Preston]

But I've only seen Chinese  :or: Checkers with marbles...  :huh:

Carolyn

[Anik R]

My pieces could be for the ancient game 'Senet':  http://art.thewalters.org/viewwoa.aspx?id=38576
It looks like a perfect match... All you have to do is use a bit of imagination, tilt your head slightly to the right, squint your eyes, and turn off all logic and reasoning. 

In all seriousness, I do believe mine are generic moving pieces which could have been used in a multitude of board games...  I doubt it will ever be discovered which game they originally belonged to.  But it would be nice to know...

Here is one more picture: 

[Anne]

I know Anik doesn't think they are chess pawns and they might well not be, but as John says, chessmen are usually two colours, so I thought this image might be useful to throw into the conversation as I've never seen the multi-coloured chess sets before, and the pieces may well find their way onto the board at some time:


(click to see larger image)

A Google image search for Color Glass Chess Set brings up various other examples too.

[singingyamada]

Anik you have made me laugh today about your honesty with sneaky testing. I am a very visual person . That chess set looks like the maker conceived it whilst tripping,
As per usual I offer no help with the question.

[rosieposie]

Hi Anik :hi: I have been up half the night looking for an answer to these....I have looked at every possible combination of game pieces and ear plugs and am still asking myself the questions....why 2 of each colour and why 10 pieces?? 
Where did you get them? Did the seller give any indication of what they thought they might be?

[Anik R]

Hello ladies, and thank you for your replies  :kissy:.

Rosie, I won the pieces on Allegro from a seller in Krakow.  He described them as "Pre-war glass game pieces" and gave their measurements.  That's it.  I suspect that originally, there were more of them but got lost with time and play.

 :hi:

[singingyamada]

So does anyone know of any Old Polish board games  My goodness this is fun. I just googled Poland board games and many sites came up but its nigh nigh time down under and I am off.

[Anik R]

So does anyone know of any Old Polish board games  My goodness this is fun. I just googled Poland board games and many sites came up but its nigh nigh time down under and I am off.

Now why didn't I think of that?   :pb:

[rosieposie]

Now why didn't I think of that?   

Because you have been poorly Anik....I was sorry to hear that, and I hope you are better now. :hug:

[singingyamada]

Anik it is not often I come up an idea, that was the highlight of the night.  however I am crawling through allegro with my on line translator to see of there are any games. I havent had this much fun since I lived in Germany and ebay.de