Ceramics, Porcelain, and Crystal Glass

Ceramics, Porcelain, and Crystal Glass

The Ceramics Porcelain and Crystal Glass media afford the artist a broad canvas to express their creativity. In this section, you will find a wide selection of chess sets ranging in themes from the Crusades and Middle Ages to modern, abstract and minimalist designs. Factories represented include such well-known and respected names as Wedgwood, Murano, Limoges, Cybis, Lladro, Ćmielów, Santa Clara, Fürstenberg, Rouen, Vista Alegre, Kislovodsk, Royal Dux, Alteste Volkstedte, Warner & Apel, Sitzendorf, Sargadelos, and numerous obscure and smaller factories too numerous to list.

Some of the world’s rarest chessmen are often found in this selection, such as the famous Rissman Propaganda set (Reds vs. Whites) and the Cybis chessmen, presented to Soviet Premier Brezhnev by then President Richard Nixon to mark the historic 1972 Moscow Summit. We even have a chess set of Perfume Bottles!

In addition to Ceramics Porcelain and Crystal Glass, elaborate chess pieces of blown Glass, Crystal, Bohemian Crystal, Rock crystal can be found here. You will even find chess pieces carved from stone, semi-precious stone, Marble, Alabaster, Onyx, and other rare and unusual natural minerals.