Marble and Onyx Chess Set with Bronze Pieces

Marble and Onyx Chess Set with Bronze Pieces

Put this stone chess set somewhere a lamp can reach it and watch what the onyx does. The pale squares are translucent — light goes into them and comes back warmer, so half the board glows while the brown Emperador marble beside it stays deep and matt. No two stones are cut the same, which means the pattern running through your board exists on no other one. Brass coordinate markers frame the whole thing.

Then there is the weight. Nine kilos across only 11.8" / 30 cm, so this is a small board that lands on a desk like a paperweight and never moves again. The pieces are hand-cast bronze, sixteen gold-toned against sixteen dark, heavy enough that you set them down rather than slide them. A luxury chess set made of stone plays differently from a wooden one — cooler under the hand, slower, more deliberate. People notice within two moves.

What's Included

• Marble and onyx chess board with brass coordinate markers
• 32 hand-cast bronze chess pieces, 16 gold-toned and 16 dark
• Wooden storage box

Specifications

• Board: 11.8 x 11.8" / 30 x 30 cm
• Weight: 9 kg / 19.8 lb
• Materials: natural marble and onyx board, cast bronze pieces, brass detailing
• Finish: polished stone with brass coordinate markers
• Entirely handmade

Why You'll Love It

• Two natural stones in one board — translucent golden onyx against deep brown marble
• Every board's veining is different; yours is the only one like it
• Hand-cast bronze pieces with real weight and fine detail
• Compact 11.8" / 30 cm — a desk-sized board with a full-sized presence

Stone Rather Than Wood

Stone is unforgiving to work. It cannot be glued back if a square chips, it cannot be sanded into shape, and each piece has to be cut and polished to fit its neighbours exactly. That is why a chess set from stone costs what it does and why so few workshops attempt one. What you get in return is a board that will outlast every wooden set in the house.

A Gift Worth Giving

Heavy, cool to the touch and quietly extraordinary under a lamp. This is the present for the person who has been given wooden boards before and would like something that feels entirely different in the hand.