Chess Set with Storage - Wood and Brass

Chess Set with Storage - Wood and Brass

Look at the knights first. They are not horses — they are lion heads, cast in brass and mounted on turned beech and walnut, manes worked in enough detail that you can follow individual strands. The kings, queens and bishops are crowned and collared in the same cast brass with filigree work around them. Wood and metal in one piece is a difficult thing to get right; done badly it looks assembled, and done like this it looks like the metal grew there.

They play on a board with a wide openwork border — carved right through, not just into — raised on ornamental cast-bronze feet, with the field inlaid in walnut and maple. And the whole set stores in a fitted wooden box with a viewing window and a black satin tray that holds each piece in its own place. That is the storage here: not a drawer, but a proper case, which suits pieces this detailed better than a drawer would.

What's Included

• Hand-carved chess board with an inlaid walnut and maple playing surface
• 32 wood-and-brass chess pieces with lion-head knights, 16 light and 16 dark
• Fitted satin-lined wooden presentation box with a window lid
• Ornamental cast-bronze board feet

Specifications

• Board: 23.6 x 23.6 x 4.3" / 60 x 60 x 11 cm
• Materials: solid beech and walnut, maple inlay, cast brass piece mounts and bronze feet
• Weight: 8 kg / 17.6 lb
• Storage: fitted satin tray inside a window-lid box
• Entirely handmade

Why You'll Love It

• Lion-head knights in cast brass — nothing else in the range has them
• An openwork border carved right through the wood
• Raised on ornamental cast-bronze feet
• Arrives ready to give, in a satin-lined box that stores the full set

A Gift Worth Giving

It comes gift-ready, which matters more than it sounds — the window lid means the person opening it sees the pieces before they lift a single one. Natural grain variation makes every set slightly different from the last.