Circular counter box and counters
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1850
This object is a small circular counter box accompanied by four gaming counters, made of ivory. The container features a screw-cover, and its exterior is engraved with a small playing-card club pip set within a circular border composed of circles and dots. The engraved details on the box top are filled in with black pigment.
The set includes four circular ivory counters, each engraved on both sides with card suit pips corresponding to the ace, two, three, and four of clubs. Like the decorative engraving on the lid of the box, the card pips displayed on each counter are filled with black. Likely produced in Britain around 1850 by an unknown maker, the set is crafted entirely from engraved ivory. The counter box measures 2.5 cm in diameter and 1 cm in height.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
The object was bequeathed to the Victoria and Albert Museum by Mrs G.B. Roberts of London in 1902.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Ivory
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 2.5 cm; Height: 1 cm
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Unknown
- Place recorded
- Britain
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Circular counter box and counters
- Museum object number
- 1519:5-1902
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.