File:Beserker, Lewis Chessmen, British Museum.jpg

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Summary

The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/hixclient.exe?_IXDB_=compass&_IXSPFX_=graphical/full/&%24+with+all_unique_id_index+is+OBJ566=.&_IXspage=full/&submit-button=summary">Lewis Chessmen</a> 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 2011-07-22:

  • Camera: Canon EOS Kiss Digital
  • Tags: chess, chessmen, lewischessmen, britishmuseum, museum, artifact, antiquities, old
  • License: CC BY 2.0
  • User: RobRoyAus Rob Roy

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current13:52, 4 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 13:52, 4 January 2017325 × 631 (118 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/hixclient.exe?_IXDB_=compass&_IXSPFX_=graphical/full/&%24+with+all_unique_id_index+is+OBJ566=.&_IXspage=full/&submit-button=summary">Lewis Chessmen</a> in the British Museum were probably made in Norway, about AD 1150-1200 <p>Found on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland </p> <p>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. </p> <p><br><i>Flickr data on 2011-07-22:</i> </p> <ul> <li><i>Camera: Canon EOS Kiss Digital</i></li> <li><i>Tags: chess, chessmen, lewischessmen, britishmuseum, museum, artifact, antiquities, old</i></li> <li><i>License: CC BY 2.0</i></li> <li><i>User: RobRoyAus Rob Roy</i></li> </ul>
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