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Alexander Kader, senior director of Sotheby’s Auction House and the company’s head of European sculpture and works of art, was =9J[=9J[7 T0?B=9J[7 T3 heading for the company’s Edinburgh offi ce from London, ahead of a showing of a piece from the Lewis chess set tomorrow. The chess piece was brought into Sotheby’s in London by an Edinburgh family, who had been keeping it in a drawer since their grandfather, an antiques dealer, bought it at auction in 1964, for £5. Mr Kader was called to the counter to view the piece when the family came in, something he describes as an everyday occurrence, with most items brought in for valuation turning out to be of little value. But on this occasion the family, who want to remain anonymous, The rediscovered warder chessman. (Sotheby’s). were offering him something of rare and exceptional signifi cance. Their grandfather had bought the piece, which he had listed as to bits. I am a medieval art specialist and this is one of the mythical ‘antique walrus tusk warrior chessman’, not knowing that he had objects of medieval art. T tr Ivpr rediscovered one of the fi ve pieces that went missing at the time the “I couldn’t believe I was holding it in my hand. I grew up watching chess pieces were fi rst found. Noggin the Nog and this warder has such a characterful face. It was The walrus tusk chessmen, found in sand dunes at Uig in 1831, marvellous. are believed to be of Norse or Icelandic origin. Eleven pieces are “Today all the chessmen are a pale ivory colour, but the new Lewis at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh and the British Warder’s dark tone clearly has the potential to offer valuable and Museum has 82 pieces, of which six are currently on long-term loan fresh insight into how other Lewis chessmen may have looked in the to Museum nan Eilean at Lews Castle. past. After discovery, the pieces were taken to Edinburgh and it is “There is certainly more to the story of this warder still to be told, believed that at that time one knight and four warders went missing. about his life over the last 188 years since he was separated from his The rediscovered piece is one of the missing warders – it has suffered fellow chessmen.” some damage, including losing its left eye, Sotheby’s assessment of the fi nd states: “Rightly regarded as the Mr Kader said: “When I saw what it was, I was absolutely thrilled most famous chess pieces to have survived from the medieval world, the remarkable hoard constituted the greatest ever discovery of medieval chess pieces, and from the moment they were unearthed, [ !" # %&'* the Lewis Chessmen evoked their own mysterious world, steeped $ $+ '. in folklore, legend and the rich tradition of story-telling. They have .$ continued to inspire every new generation, from the classic British $. 1960s children’s animated television series, The Sagas of Noggin the ;.< Nog, to, most recently, Harry Potter. % % $+.'.= “The warders that made up the hoard are of two types: the majority & [ "'()' *""+)* %.>.?! are bearded with a sword in their right hand and shields either at , ,&-& , '..&@ their left side or in front, and three are shown biting the tops of their $+ shields, identifying them as the legendary Norse warriors known as berserkers. The new Lewis Warder is completely consistent not only a with his fellow warders but also with the surviving group as a whole.” The chessman is to be sold at Sotheby’s in London on July 2nd. !"$ Its estimated sale value is between £600,000 and £1million. 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Hannah. Willie was a rock of the community energy movement from its Hannah was selected by Trustees for achieving a number of tough very earliest days and meetings. personal goals, despite facing her own personal challenges. As the Clerk of the Melbost and Branahuie Grazings Committee, The Trustees were highly impressed by Hannah’s commitment he attended the very fi rst meeting of local Grazings Clerks in the Point to her studies and how she managed to make time to support and and Sandwick area in 2005 which led eventually to the construction represent