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All sets are finished to a high standard and have a traditional brown and cream appearance. The original designs often take many months to complete and every care is taken to ensure historical accuracy where appropriate.
Celtic
The Celtic people were inhabitants of areas of Western Europe, particularly Ireland, Wales, Brittany and the Highlands of Scotland. They were subjected to raids by Vikings and Norsemen and our chess set is the story of a battle between the Irish King, Brian Boru, and the Viking invaders. The battle took place at Clontarf, near Dublin and was a fierce encounter.
Although the Celts managed to defeat the Viking invaders, their King, Brian Boru, was slain. This chess set features the principal characters involved in the battle and depicts Celtic designs and artefacts of the period.
Almost one thousand years old the Celtic inhabitants of Ireland rose up under their King, Brian Boru, to fight the invading and colonising Vikings. Based on the Battle of Clontarf in 1014 AD, our chess set portrays many of the characteristics of the era with authentic and historically correct artefacts shown in splendid detail. The skill and workmanship of the Celtic tribes was demonstrated by their artistic and unique designs, recognised throughout the world and reproduced here in this magnificent chess set.
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Battle of Hastings
These chess pieces represent the two opposing armies in the most famous battle fought on English soil. Harold, the English King leads his Saxon forces against the invading William, Duke of Normandy. The ensuing battle near Hastings on the south coast of England in 1066 altered the course of English history. The amazing detail created by our sculptors is richly displayed in this historic chess set.
This superb set has been a favourite since its introduction in regular brown and ivory finish. After many requests our artists have demonstrated their skills by hand decorating this set so that it now seems to reveal more of the authentic detail in each piece.
The set is based on the famous Battle of Hastings in which King Harold II of England opposed the invading Norman army led by William Duke of Normandy on October 14th 1066.
After the hard fought battle of Stamford Bridge in which he defeated and killed Harold Hardrada King of Norway who had invaded Northumbria, Harold and his Saxon Army marched from York to the south coast of England. At the small village of Battle, just inland from Hastings, Harold's tired army met the invading forces of William Duke of Normandy.
These chess pieces are authentic reproductions of the characters, clothing and equipment of the era.
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Crusades
Our designers have created a magnificent chess set which epitomises the struggles for domination between Christians and Muslims. This conflict has continued intermittently for over a thousand years, but it is the period between 1095 and 1292 which has captured our imagination because of the exploits of the Crusader knights.
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Sherlock Holmes
The famous fictional private detective, created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is featured as the King in this remarkable chess set. His opponents are led by his arch enemy, Professor Moriarty, with the fearsome Hound of the Baskervilles as the Knight.
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Lord of the Rings
This magnificent chess set has been created by the skilful sculptors at SAC who have faithfully reproduced the characters from New Line Cinema's motion picture trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. The first part of the trilogy, The Fellowship of the Ring, has inspired this set, the pieces are based upon the principal characters who are played by a cast of internationally renowned actors.
Due to licensing restrictions, this set is only available for sale within the UK & Ireland
Copyright MMIV New Line Productions, Inc. All rights reserved.
The Lord of the Rings; The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King and the names of the characters, items, events and places therein are trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises under license to New Line Productions, Inc.
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Isle of Lewis
These chess pieces are replicas of the originals which were discovered on the Isle of Lewis off the West Coast of Scotland and which are now housed safely and securely in the British Museum of London and in Edinburgh. Many pieces were discovered and this is our interpretation of the Isle of Lewis chess set.
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Egyptian
Originally part of the Anne Carlton range, this chess set has undergone some minor modifications to the bases to improve production quality and enhance its aesthetic appeal. The set depicts the ancient Egyptian Pharaohs and some of their sacred gods, hieroglyphic carvings and the Royal Cobra.
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Gods of Mythology
The Ancient Greek Gods are well represented and portrayed in this impressive chess set. Zeus is the King. Aphrodite the Queen and Pan the Pawn. This is a consistently popular set which regularly features in our stockists collections world wide and is often used as background decor in many TV shows and movies.
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Battle of Culloden
Sculpted with great attention to detail and authenticity, this set shows the two sides, English and Scottish, and the most important characters of the era prior to the famous battle at Culloden in 1746.
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Battle of Waterloo
Near the village of Waterloo , just south of Brussels , Belgium , on the 18th of June 1815, was fought the final and decisive battle of the Napoleonic Wars. The combined armies of the British and Prussian forces under the commander in Chief, the Duke of Wellington, met in battle with the French army commanded by Napoleon.
This battle shaped Europe 's destiny and marks a turning point in European history. Such an important event deserves to be recognised and our sculptors have produced what is undoubtedly the best researched and most authentic chess set of this era.
Napoleon Bonaparte, the French Emperor and military leader commands the forces of France in this decisive battle against the allied forces of Britain and Prussia led by the Duke of Wellington. Our set is illustrated here on our brilliant high gloss chess board reference H201D.
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Richard the Lionheart
A more definitive decorated chess set would be hard to find than this superbly crafted masterpiece. Our designers, by combining their skills with the styles of Staunton and the old French Dieppe sets, have created one of our most attractive sets.
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Canterbury Cathedral
The city of Canterbury has been a place of Christian worship for nearly two thousand years. Following a major fire at the original cathedral in 1174, the monks at Canterbury used the revenue from the many pilgrims visiting the shrine and relics of St Thomas to create the first Gothic cathedral in England . The rebuilding and reconstruction continued during the following century and ensured that at the end of the Middle Ages, Canterbury Cathedral was one of the noblest churches in Christendom.
Our skilled designers and sculptors have created from the architecture and statuary in and around Canterbury Cathedral a chess set of gracious proportions and great detail.
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Art Deco
The streamlined, geometric elegance of this beautiful chess set reflects the essence of Art Deco design. From the mid 1920s until the outbreak of the Second World War, Art Deco epitomised all that was glamorous and modern in contemporary design. It was this style that Hollywood embraced during its golden age. Film sets, publicity photographs and the luxury goods that surrounded film stars were inevitably Art Deco in spirit.
Today the work of Art Deco designers is admired for its beauty, energy and imaginations. These inspiring qualities are mirrored in the sophisticated design of this hand finished Chess set.
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Battle of Trafalgar
Trafalgar was one of the most decisive naval battles ever fought. In the course of a short October afternoon, the Combined Fleet of France and Spain, with 33 battleships, was defeated by a British force of 27 battleships off cape Trafalgar, on the south-west coast of Spain.
This chess set is dedicated to the memory of all those who fought with Nelson, and against him, in a battle where "every individual appeared a hero" according to Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood.
Designed & developed under license from the National Maritime Museum
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The White Tower
The Royal palace and fortress of the Tower of London, founded by William the Conqueror shortly after 1066, is one of the world's most famous and spectacular castles. Known for housing the Crown Jewels, its Yeoman Warders ("Beefeaters") and its ravens, the Tower today is the most visited historic site in Britain.
The White Tower, oldest of all the Tower buildings, was originally built as a royal palace and fortress, but has also served as a prison, a royal chapel, a record office and a large storehouse of arms, armour and gunpowder.
Designed and developed under licence from Historic Royal Palaces Enterprises Limited.
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Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit
The story of Peter Rabbit first appeard in a picture letter Beatrix Potter wrote to Noel Moore, the young son of her former governess, in 1893.
Encouraged by her success in having some greetings cards published, Beatrix remembered the letter seven years later and expanded in into a little picture book with black and white illustrations. After being rejected several times, it was finally published by Frederick Warne in 1902.
The tale of Peter Rabbit's pacy story, engaging hero and happy ending have made it a children's classic whose appeal is timeless.
Copyright Frederick Warne & Company 2004 Licensed by Copyrights Group
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Winnie the Pooh Chess
Based on the characters created by A.A. Milne and beautifully illustrated by E.H. Shepard, SAC’s designers have recreated the wonderful world of Winnie the Pooh for chess lovers young and old. Translated into almost every known language, Winnie the Pooh and his friends have universal appeal.
In 1966 Walt Disney brought the stories to film and in 1977 the first feature length animated film of Pooh, ‘The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh’, was released. All the main characters from the stories are represented in this set from Winnie the Pooh, Kanga and Owl to Tigger, Eeyore and Piglet.
SAC has represented the King by Winnie the Pooh himself and the queen by Kanga, the sweet caring mother of baby Roo. The owl, supposedly the wisest creature in 100 Acre Wood, is the bishop and Eeyore, the gloomy grey donkey, is the knight. Tigger the bouncy is the Rook and Piglet, Pooh’s best friend, is the pawn. This beautiful chess set appeals to all ages and comes complete with an illustrated board and a full set of rules.
Copyright Disney. Based on the "Winnie the Pooh" works. Copyright AA Milne & EH Shepard.
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