The History of the Lewis Chessmen

The Chessmen were discovered in 1831, an sandbank on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis. Most pieces being made of walrus ivory, they are thought to be made in 12th century Norway and taken to the outer hebrides which at that time was under Norwegian rule. In June 2019, a warder piece had gone unrecognised for the last 55 years and merged in Edinburgh and was purchased at Sotheby's for £735,000 by an undisclosed buyer.