Ivory chess set

A set of ivory chess pieces with one pawn missing. One side white, the other stained red. It belonged to the family of James Cook, possibly to his wife Elizabeth who died in 1835.

Object Details

ID: REL0036
Collection: Relics
Type: Chess set
Display location: Not on display
Date made: ca.1770; 1820-1880
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.