Vintage 1940's English Made Set Possibly Jaques?

Can you take better picture of a pawn and rook?

Mike, perhaps the key to find the maker of your set lies in crown of the kingside pieces, I have a 3" English set with the same crowns, they are different from those made by Jaques or Ayres.

Thanks informaticacobach29,  interesting observation about the different crowns. I read somewhere that the Jaques of London manufacturing plant was destroyed during WWII, could jaques have made new crowns for their sets after the War?

Perhaps that is what happened, Mike. 

Yesterday I took my pieces to analyze some games (the height of the king is 2.75", not 3"), I noticed that the quality of the turned pieces is very good, the weighting and the balance of the pieces shows that they were made by someone who knew their job, but the quality of the carving is low, do you think that maybe the knights were made by an apprentice? Perhaps the master carver was recruited or killed during a bombing?

I also took an 2.75" Broadbent and a "probably Ayres" to see how the pieces compare between each other. 

At the left will be the Jaques pieces, in the middle the "unknown" pieces and at the right the "probably Ayres":

Thanks for the comparison pics of your sets informaticacobach29. Agreed, the turnings are quite good. Generally speaking, The Jaques knight carvings were less detailed after the 1920s. Good question about the Jaques master carver(s) during the war. Here's a  comparison pick with  a 3.5" circa 1915 Jaques King on the left. Both Kings have a 1.75" Diameter base.

I have no clue whether this set was manufactured by Jaques or not, but I would look at the following clues, absent a maker's mark on the King - do the pieces have Baize underneath, or regular felt? Is the polish French Polish? Are the weights screwed in and do they have the typical Jaques tool marks?

If I were forced to venture a guess, I'd say it's unlikely to be a JoL set. But regardless, it's a fine-looking set for sure.

I have no clue whether this set was manufactured by Jaques or not, but I would look at the following clues, absent a maker's mark on the King - do the pieces have Baize underneath, or regular felt? Is the polish French Polish? Are the weights screwed in and do they have the typical Jaques tool marks?

If I were forced to venture a guess, I'd say it's unlikely to be a JoL set. But regardless, it's a fine-looking set for sure.

A beautiful set either way, another mark in the book I keep on how jealous of goodknightmike am I really? Seriously, though, you and several others on this site keep learning and researching the history of these pieces and the companies who made them, and it seems to me you're some of the more learned on the subject. I doubt there are very many left in the world who care about such things, so I'm glad you few keep passing the knowledge around and keeping the interest up.

@goodknightmike, did you ever find out any more about the origins of your set? I'm interested because I saw this on ebay, described as "Original Boxed Jaques Broadbent set circa 1930". It's weighted, and says the Kings are 81mm. I think it looks like your set, please let me know what you think:

Hi IpswichMatt I did not find any additional infornmation on my set. But I still feel my set is Jaques made. The sets look very similar although my set is larger with 3 5/8" Kings.

 Wow.I wish I hadn't clicked on that link *sigh*