Chessman (King)
Object type: Chessman
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: British, Birmingham after a Northern European original
Artist: Elkington & Co.
Artist bio: British, Birmingham, 1829–1963
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: British
Date: ca. 1870
Medium: Plaster, painted yellow; "Fictile ivory"
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 2 9/16 x 1 5/8 x 1 in. (6.5 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm)
Classification: Chess Sets-Reproductions
Credit line: Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1953
Accession year: 1953
Tags: Chess