Bear and deer hunt chessmen (32) and box

Unknown maker

Medium: Silver, polished and oxidized
Dimensions: Height (oxidized queen): 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); Height (oxidized king): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Height (oxidized bishop): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Height (oxidized knight): 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Height (oxidized rook): 3 in. (7.6 cm); Height (oxidized pawn): 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm); Height (polished queen): 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); Height (polished king): 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); Height (polished bishop): 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); Height (polished knight): 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm); Height (polished rook): 2 15/16 in. (7.5 cm); Height (polished pawn): 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Classification: Chess Sets
Dated: probably first half 19th century
Pixels: 4000 × 1292
SHA-256: 825bcd852a9ebde4…
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License, verbatimCC0

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Open Access, Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Flagged isPublicDomain=true in the museum's own record.

Bear and deer hunt chessmen (32) and box. probably first half 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.