Queensland Police are appealing for public assistance in finding a 17th-century, hand-carved ivory chess set stolen from a house in Brisbane's eastern suburbs. The antique was stolen from a property ...

The company's craftsmen are constantly exploring new techniques and materials to create even more beautiful and functional chess sets WHITCHURCH, SHROPSHIRE, UNITED ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: With every shaving and small incision, master artisans turn these trunks of wood into 32 hand-carved chess pieces. You can pick up a plastic set for ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Oct. 5, 2017 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Wood chess set manufacturer, The House of Staunton, explains their humanitarian mission to produce ivory chessmen without endangering the planet's ...

It spread from India into ancient Persia in the 6th Century, but did not arrive in Britain until the 12th Century, when it was brought back by Christian knights returning from the First Crusade in ...

An early Indian lacquered ivory figural chess set is one of the highlights of the Chess and Games sale taking place on May 1 at Bonhams, Knightsbridge. With the Kings as elephants, the rooks as ...