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  2. Staunton chess set - Wikipedia

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    The Staunton chess set is the standard style of chess pieces, [1] [2] recommended for use in competition since 2022 by FIDE, the international chess governing body. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The journalist Nathaniel Cooke is credited with the design on the patent, and they are named after the leading English chess master Howard Staunton , who endorsed it ...

  3. Lewis chessmen - Wikipedia

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    Lewis chessmen. The Lewis chessmen ( Scottish Gaelic: Fir-thàilisg Leòdhais [fiɾʲˈhaːlɪʃkʲ loː.ɪʃ]) or Uig chessmen, named after the island or the bay where they were found, [ 1] are a group of distinctive 12th century chess pieces, along with other game pieces, most of which are carved from walrus ivory. Discovered in 1831 on Lewis ...

  4. Crown glass (window) - Wikipedia

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    Crown glass. Crown glass was an early type of window glass. In this process, glass was blown into a "crown" or hollow globe. This was then transferred from the blowpipe to a punty and then flattened by reheating and spinning out the bowl-shaped piece of glass (bullion) into a flat disk by centrifugal force, up to 5 or 6 feet (1.5 to 1.8 metres) in diameter.

  5. Game pieces of the Lewis chessmen hoard - Wikipedia

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    The hoard of ninety-three games pieces was found on the Isle of Lewis and was exhibited in Edinburgh in 1831. Most accounts have said the pieces were found at Uig Bay) on the west coast of Lewis but Caldwell et al. of National Museums Scotland (NMS) consider that Mealista), also in the parish of Uig and some 6 miles (10 km) further south down the coast, is a more likely place for the hoard to ...

  6. British Chess Company - Wikipedia

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    The BCC was an attempt to compete against Jaques of London. [1] The BCC developed new manufacturing processes with new types of materials, such as Xylonite for their chess pieces. In 1891, the BCC registered the design for two of their chess sets: (1) Royal Chessmen; (2) Imperial Staunton. [1] Both the 'Royal' and 'Imperial' were made in ...

  7. Jaques of London - Wikipedia

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    The pieces were designed to be easy to use and universally recognized by chess players of diverse backgrounds. It became known as the Staunton chess set after Howard Staunton (1810–1874), the chess player and writer who was generally considered the strongest player in the world from 1843 to 1851. Nathaniel Cooke has long been credited with ...

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