Chessmen (32) and board

Unknown maker

Medium: Amber, clear and cloudy
Dimensions: board: 1 9/16 × 11 13/16 × 11 13/16 in. (4 × 30 × 30 cm); Height (clear queen): 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Height (clear king): 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Height (clear bishop): 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Height (clear knight): 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Height (clear rook): 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); Height (clear pawn): 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); Height (opaque queen): 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); Height (opaque king): 3 in. (7.6 cm); Height (opaque bishop): 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); Height (opaque knight): 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Height (opaque rook): 2 3/8 in. (6 cm); Height (opaque pawn): 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Classification: Chess Sets
Dated: 19th century
Pixels: 2048 × 861
SHA-256: b1e7b56624206cd5…
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Open Access, Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Flagged isPublicDomain=true in the museum's own record.

Chessmen (32) and board. 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.