- Museum number
- 1831,1101.115
- Title
- Series: The Lewis Chessmen
- Description
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Chess-piece; walrus ivory; knight; mounted; wearing conical helmet with neck and ear-pieces; long girded tunic; armed with spear, sword and kite-shaped shield: rectangle inscribed with saltire upon cross.
- Production date
- 1150-1175 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 97 millimetres
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Weight: 163 grammes
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Width: 29.71 millimetres
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Depth: 64.18 millimetres
- Location
- On display (G40/dc5)
- Exhibition history
-
Exhibited:
2015 – 2016 4 Dec – 29 May, National Museum of Singapore, ‘Treasures of the World’s Cultures’
2011 14 Nov-2012 22 Apr, USA, New York, The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen from the Isle of Lewis
2011 15 Apr-12 Sep, Stornoway, Museum nan Eilean
2011 29 Jan-27 Mar, Shetland Museum & Archives
2010 7 Oct-8 Jan, Aberdeen Art Gallery
2010 21 May-19 Sep, Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland
2003 26 Apr-24 Aug, USA, Lexington, Kentucky Horse Park, All the Queen’s Horses
2000 4 Apr-14 Oct, Stornoway, Museum nan Eilean, Norse & Viking Isles: Gall Ghadheil
1997 4 May-28 Sep, Norway, Trondheim, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum-National Museum of Decorative Arts, Trondheim 100
1995 12 Oct-1996 14 Jan, Edinburgh, National Museums of Scotland, 'Lewis Chessmen'
1994 28 Jan-8 May, Italy, Rome, Museo di Palazzo Venezia, I Normanni Popolo d’Europe (1030-1200)
1992 26 Dec-1993 14 Mar, Denmark, Copenhagen, Nationalmuseet, Vikings and Christians
1992 1 Sep-15 Nov, Germany, Berlin, Altes Museum, Wikinger, Waräger, Normannen. Die Skandinavier und Europa 800-1200
1992 1 Apr-20 Jul, France, Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Les Vikings... Les Scandinaves et l’Europe 800-1200
1990 17 Nov-1991 1 Apr, Glasgow, Art Gallery and Museum, 'Scotland Creates-500 years of Art and Design'
1988 21 Mar-30 Oct, Cardiff, National Museum of Wales, 'Gerald of Wales-the Crusading Priest'
1984 5 Apr-8 Jul, London, Hayward Gallery, English Romanesque Art 1066-1200
- Acquisition date
- 1831
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1831,1101.115
