The British Chess Company (BCC) was founded by William Moffatt (1843–1918) and William Hughes and began manufacturing

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Chess sets

The BCC was an attempt to compete against

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. The BCC developed new manufacturing processes with new types of materials, such as

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for their chess pieces. In 1891, the BCC registered the design for two of their chess sets: (1) Royal Chessmen; (2) Imperial Staunton.

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Chess sets

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