Image: Knight, Lewis Chessmen, British Museum

Description: The Lewis Chessmen in the British Museum were probably made in Norway, about AD 1150-1200 Found on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland The chess pieces consist of elaborately worked walrus ivory and whales' teeth in the forms of seated kings and queens, mitred bishops, knights on their mounts, standing warders and pawns in the shape of obelisks. Flickr data (on upload date): Camera: Canon EOS Kiss Digital Tags: chess, chessmen, lewischessmen, britishmuseum, museum, artifact, antiquities, old License: CC BY 2.0
Title: Knight, Lewis Chessmen, British Museum
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Author: Rob Roy
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