"Bears of Berne" Chess Pieces carved and partially darkened wood Central Europe 19th C. small gluing Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - (Rei) 9 cm Notes: belonged to the Ernst Boehlen collection. The bear is the emblematic animal of the city and kanton of Bern.
vd. similar pieces in KEATS, Victor - "Chessmen for Collectors". London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1985 (1st ed.), p. 108, fig. 131.