Chessman (Bishop)
ca. 1870
Medium
Plaster, painted yellow; "Fictile ivory"
Dimensions
Overall (confirmed): 4 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/8 in. (10.2 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm)
Classification
Chess Sets-Reproductions
Culture
British, Birmingham after a Scandinavian original
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1953
Accession Number
53.71.226
Tags
About the Artist
Elkington & Co. · 1829–1963
Elkington & Co. was the Birmingham firm that transformed the production of decorative metalwork by commercializing electroplating — a process that made silver-quality objects accessible to a vastly wider public. The company was established by George Richards Elkington (1801–1865) and his cousin Henry Elkington during the 1830s, initially trading as G. R. Elkington & Co. A crucial turning point cam...