Looking for Chess piece Design Style

[jshriver]

As part of October I started watching some spooky movies. Came across this in Morbius and love the piece design. Does anyone know what it is? Best I can find is an auction where the prop was sold. Sounds like it was a custom made prop for the movie. If anyone knows the name or a style that is similar, would enjoy buying a set.

[Tibono]

Hi,
this is a French Regency set. A slightly mixed set here, as the white rooks don't fit (check their base compared to other pieces). Unlike the black rook (barely visible) which does belong to a Regency set.
Also, the black piece the player holds is the king, and is about to be placed close to the center of the board during what looks like an early game phase - which suggests they messed up correct id. The queen's finial is the (rather big) ball.
Should you like to, feel welcome to have a look to mine, from my small collection, here (mid-page).

[jshriver]

feel welcome to have a look to mine, from my small collection, here (mid-page).

Thank you very much and you have a wonderful collection. Enjoyed getting to look at them and the history. I particularly liked the Knight from the Dubrovnik and Mordovian sets. The Regency set is so beautiful but looks very fragile, would be concerned of breaking them.

Appreciate the comment and happy collecting and game play.
-Josh

[Ajedrecista]

Hello Joshua:

Hi,
this is a French Regency set. A slightly mixed set here, as the white rooks don't fit (check their base compared to other pieces). Unlike the black rook (barely visible) which does belong to a Regency set.
Also, the black piece the player holds is the king, and is about to be placed close to the center of the board during what looks like an early game phase - which suggests they messed up correct id. The queen's finial is the (rather big) ball.
Should you like to, feel welcome to have a look to mine, from my small collection, here (mid-page).

I agree with Eric. Please note that the white king (d1) and the white queen (e1) are swapped in the film frame of the original post of the thread.

I own a cheap wooden Régence-like chess set (in a tough, wooden box of 146×75×48 milimeters), probably made in Spain in the mid or late 60s, which happens to be my only and beloved set at home. There are many patterns or variants of Régence sets. My set is somewhat similar to the next one:

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My set is a simplified version of this one, with fairly similar kings, queens, bishops and pawns; thiner rooks and simpler, less rounded (straighter) knight heads. The basis of the pawns are flat, while the basis of the rest of the pieces have circular rims and small hollows inside. The approximate measurements are:

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Measurements in milimeters (mm):

PIECES      HEIGHT     BASIS DIAMETER
Kings         55             18
Queens        47             16
Rooks         34             13
Bishops       37             15
Knights       45             15
Pawns         28             12

1 inch = 25.4 mm

Thus, the queens being much shorter than the kings and roughly like the knights; and the pawns clearly being the shortest pieces.

Regards from Spain.

Ajedrecista.