The Lewis Chess Sets
£550.00
These remarkable chess pieces were found in 1831 on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.
No exact account of the discovery remains, but they apparently came to light after the collapse of a sand-bank on the coast of the island revealed their hiding place to a passing islander.
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