Masterpieces of the British Museum

The Lewis Chessmen (1x3)

Udgivelsesdato: Jun 28, 2006

Amongst the most appealing objects in the British Museum is a chess set, perhaps made by 12th century Norwegian craftsmen and discovered on a remote beach on the Isle of Lewis in 1831. Each piece is amazingly carved out of whale teeth - some are comic, some pensive and some grand.