Intricately Carved Chess Set in Museum

I wouldn't want to play with this set - the pieces are so elaborate that I can hardly tell what some of them are. In fact, it looks to me as though the curator who set up the opening position had trouble telling the knights from the bishops.

Still, it is an amazing piece of art. A friend went to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, saw this, and took photos for me to see. So, I know nothing about who made it or how old it is.

Chess set - Rijksmuseum

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/BK-NM-7402

Thanks! I see that the museum doesn't know who made it, either.

Aren't those rooks kind of perverse? And it really is hard, at a quick glance, to tell the difference between the knights and the bishops. You have to look at their headgear and other details. If you look at the pics I posted, you can see that they are set up in Ruy Lopez, but I swear that's a knight where the white bishop should be.

Then again...on third glance, I think that might be a bishop, after all.

Nice set to put on a table as decoration.
But I'll take the 2$ plastic kiddie set to play with

We used to take the plastic Staunton sets, in our club, and make them nice, heavy, and tournament ready as follows: fill the hollow piece with modeling clay, then glue a neat circle of felt to the bottom. Voila!

Of course, this worked back then. In this modern age of electronic boards that detect the pieces, this wouldn't work.

I've seen the post (you linked to) before. Please don't troll. This is just for people to look at. Of course it's art.

Please stop trolling. My very first sentence says I would not want to play with this set. Civilized behavior includes reading before you post.

OMG, stop badgering 156iris156.

He said that he wouldn't want to play with the set in his post, and he is in no way obligated to answer your questions about an entirely different set.

@long_quach

Stop it, please.