Stirling 1314 Blog

Learn about the history and stories behind these Scottish chess sets.

Kirsty Montgomery Kirsty Montgomery

My introduction to Robert the Bruce

My Main ‘lineage’ (if I can be permitted to call it that) to Robert the Bruce is through the two Luxury pewter chess sets we produce at Stirling 1314.

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Rene Looper Rene Looper

Burns & Bannockburn

And so it is, we have Robert the Bruce as a Knight in the light side and Edward II as a Knight in the dark side (where else?). The rest, as they say, is history…

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