The Clonard chess piece is an historic bone or ivory playing piece depicting a queen seated on a throne, found in a bog in Clonard, Co. Meath, Ireland, some time before 1817. The piece dates from the late twelfth century AD and is now in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. The figure may come from same Viking workshop tradition which produced the large group known as the Lewis Chessmen, found in the Outer Hebrides, Scotalnd. Most of these are carved from walrus ivory, with a few made instead from whale teeth.
The Clonard chess piece is an historic bone or ivory playing piece depicting a queen seated on a throne, found in a bog in Clonard, Co. Meath, Ireland, some time before 1817. The piece dates from the late twelfth century AD and is now in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. The figure may come from same Viking workshop tradition which produced the large group known as the Lewis Chessmen, found in the Outer Hebrides, Scotalnd. Most of these are carved from walrus ivory, with a few made instead from whale teeth. (en)
The Clonard chess piece is an historic bone or ivory playing piece depicting a queen seated on a throne, found in a bog in Clonard, Co. Meath, Ireland, some time before 1817. The piece dates from the late twelfth century AD and is now in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. The figure may come from same Viking workshop tradition which produced the large group known as the Lewis Chessmen, found in the Outer Hebrides, Scotalnd. Most of these are carved from walrus ivory, with a few made instead from whale teeth. (en)
