This mid-size Isle of Lewis chess set is one of the most popular items at the National Museum of Scotland. The Lewis chess ivory and red/brown coloured pieces are highly detailed and the set comes complete with matching ornate black resin chess board

The Lewis chess pieces are among the best known objects in the National Museum of Scotland. The Viking hoard of ninety-three pieces, carved from walrus ivory and probably made in Scandinavia in the 12th century, were found some 700 years later in a sand-dune at Uig on the island of Lewis in 1831. The hoard contained four distinct sets with traces of dark red colouring on some of the pieces. Eleven pieces are currently owned by National Museums Scotland and the remaining eighty-two are in the British Museum.