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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paul Popov, post: 406739, member: 7983&quot;]Hi,</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought several antique wooden figurines on eBay - obviously chess figurines, but larger than usual. They closely remind so called Lewis Chess from 13th century Scotland.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are they bookends or just some variation of Chess figurines, and what can be their age.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am attaching the pictures of several figures :</p><p><br /></p><p>1) Pair of King and Queen - what is interesting is that Queen has some antique language inscriptions in the lower half (row by row in the middle - is it written from left to right, or in the opposite direction ?) ;</p><p><br /></p><p>2) Pair of Bishop and King - figurines look extremely antique live ;</p><p><br /></p><p>3) The Monk figure looking like Pawn that could match the first set </p><p>(the styles, eyes are similar) ;</p><p><br /></p><p>4) Pictures of Lewis Chessmen from 12th century as an example.</p><p><br /></p><p>All figurines look more like French (especially the Bishop), or Spanish.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can it be that such souvenirs were produced in some Eastern countries</p><p>(for ex. by Moors who liked to play Chess) to export to antique European</p><p>countries , such as Spain or France.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance for your advice and insight,</p><p>Paul[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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