The Berkeley Chess Elizabethan Cardinal Palisander Grand Chess Set

• Beautifully crafted in the UK.
• Stunning attention to detail.
• Imposing 5 inch King.
• Solid crushed stone resin pieces.
• Warm red and cream colouring.
• Deluxe Spanish Palisander and Maple Board.

The beauty and majesty of Elizabethan England is brought to life with this stunning chess set, lovingly crafted in the UK. The set comes complete with a Spanish-made 23.6 Inch Montgoy Palisander and Maple Deluxe Chess Board.

The long reign of Queen Elizabeth The First was a time of economic growth, empirical expansion and incredible optimism for England. Elizabeth, or ‘The Virgin Queen’ (as she was known for her refusal to dilute her authority through marriage), led England into a new renaissance associated inextricably with William Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raleigh’s voyages of discovery to America and Sir Francis Drake’s crushing of the fearsome Spanish Armada.

The intricate pieces are cast from heavy crushed stone resin and finished with an elegant Cardinal Red and Palisander Cream colouring.

The King: Lord Burghley – Sir William Cecil, The Queen’s Chief Advisor

The Queen: Elizabeth I

The Bishop: Matthew Parker – Archbishop of Canterbury

The Knight: Sir Walter Raleigh

The Rook: White Tower of The Tower of London

The Pawn: Ships of the English Fleet

The chess board in this set has been expertly crafted by Rechapados Ferrer in Spain using precision laser cutting techniques and stunning wooden veneers combined with expert lacquering and finishing. The underside of the board is finished in a satin veneer that is a different colour from the playing surface of the board. The veneers used for the underside may vary in colour from batch to batch.