The most interesting and important of all early chess pieces are those which have come to be known as "the lewis chess men". There are 78, of which 67 are in the British museum, and the other 11 in the national museum of Edinburgh. The pieces where found in 1831 in an under ground chamber on the west coast of Isle of Lewis. Their exact origin is unknown: They have been attributed both to Scotland and Scandinavia. They are generally accepted as 12 century.
This chess set is fully hand made, stained and finished.
