Bishop chess piece
One of three Saltglazed stoneware chess pieces made by the Martin Brothers at Southall, London in 1901-2. This is all that remains of a full set of figures: a King, Queen and Bishop. Chess pieces were usually made by Wallace Martin at a financial loss to the pottery as the intricate modelling took so much time.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 141/1970/33C
- Collection Class
- Studio ceramics
- Material
- stoneware (saltglazed) | | | |
- Common Name
- Bishop chess piece
- Simple Name
- chess piece / figure
- Period Classification
- Edwardian (1901-1914)
- Production Town
- Southall Southall
- Production County
- London; London
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England; England
- Production Date
- 1901
- Production Person Initials
- Robert Wallace
- Production Person Surname
- Martin Brothers Martin
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
