Antique & Vintage Chess Sets
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Premium Staunton & Wooden Chess Sets
Explore our curated range of premium chess sets, handcrafted from fine hardwoods for lasting quality and timeless design. Whether you need a traditional Staunton chess set for serious play or a beautifully made wooden set for home, this collection offers the finest options in the UK.
Chess sets handcrafted from fine hardwoods, combining elegance and playability. Choose from classic Staunton tournament sets, luxury collector editions, or beautifully designed wooden sets for your home.
With over 25 years’ experience, Official Staunton is the UK’s trusted source. Every set is backed by a 3-year warranty and fast UK shipping.
Whether you’re a serious player, collector, or looking for a timeless gift, our carefully curated selection of Staunton and wooden chess sets ensures exceptional craftsmanship, durability, and style. Each piece reflects the heritage of classic chess design while being built for modern play.
At Official Staunton, we continue the proud tradition of the original 1849 Staunton chess design created by John Jaques of London — a design that became the universal benchmark for chess worldwide. Each set in our collection represents a fusion of heritage and precision.
Our wooden chess sets are made from ethically sourced hardwoods including ebony, rosewood, acacia, and boxwood. Each piece is hand-turned, carved, weighted, and felted to ensure perfect balance and smooth handling.
We pair our pieces with European-made wooden chess boards crafted from walnut, maple, mahogany, and anegre. Precision inlay and a durable satin finish ensure long-lasting performance.
From entry-level wooden chess sets to luxury collector editions, our range caters to every type of player. Competitors value the regulation sizing and weighting, while collectors appreciate the authenticity of our Jaques reproduction chessmen.
Historical pieces in our collection, such as the Isle of Lewis Chess Sets, honour ancient craftsmanship. These sets recreate the iconic 12th-century figures discovered in Scotland.
With over 25 years of expertise, we serve players, schools, clubs, and collectors across the UK. Our commitment to authenticity ensures each chess set meets the highest standards.
Customers value our trusted reputation, dedicated service, and 3-year warranty. Official Staunton remains the recognised home of traditional Staunton chess sets — a name associated with precision and heritage.
Our chess pieces follow professional tournament proportions, offering balance, clarity, and long-term durability. For collectors, they represent a tangible link to chess history.
Sustainability matters: our hardwoods come from managed plantations or sustainable forests. Each chess set is made using traditional methods that minimise waste and maximise longevity.
Explore our selection of Staunton chess sets, chess boards, and handcrafted chess pieces, where every move begins with a masterpiece.
Antique chess sets are for sale at the official Staunton chess company. A fine selection of Staunton pattern sets and boards. we are renowned for our reproduction sets and boards, we have emerged as the leading company and authority on Jaques reproduction sets.
We liaise with chess collectors of antique sets and board, these aficionados are serious about their Jaques chess set collections and therefore extremely persistent in their requirements from a reproduction chess set we undertake.
Prior to marketing our sets, we send images with descriptions and specifications to our team of collectors and we then review their critique, prior to launching the new edition.
1849 ANTIQUE CHESSBOARDS AND CHESS BOXES
We have appointed the renowned artisans Giglio Asla from Sorrento, Italy; to make a sublime collection of chess boards in antique modelling. Again drawing knowledge from our team of the chess set and board collectors, we then put it to the drawing board at Giglio.
Masters of their craft, Giglio Asla chess boards whether in an antique style or contemporary never fail to produce the finest quality boards available. We charter the internet checking out our competitor's pieces boards and boxes, suffice to say they do fall short of the quality we proudly purvey.
Our collection of chess boards and luxury chess boxes are the best quality in the World, no other retailer offers this standard and most boxes and boards found on the high streets are mass-produced in China! Nothing wrong with that? However, the quality will fall far short of the exquisite chess products we sell here on our UK online chess store.
Choose Official Staunton is your one-stop supplier of chess pieces boards and boxes, invest in the best designs chess pieces and sublime quality we have to offer! Visit our International website for more on Antique Chess Sets
