Gaming counters
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1930s - 1950s
This set of gaming counters consists of moulded plastic discs originally housed in a divided card box. The equipment comprises 36 discs produced in four colours: yellow, red, blue, and green. The discs vary across three distinct sizes: 1 inch, 7/8 inch, and 5/8 inch in diameter.
The counters date from the 1930s to the 1950s and were possibly published and manufactured in England by the Chad Valley Company Limited. The discs feature plain, flat circular surfaces without inscribed text or numbers.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
The pieces served as gaming or gambling counters, though it has been noted they may also have functioned as tiddlywinks counters due to uneven colour and size groupings. The set accommodates any number of players and was originally kept in a card box split into two compartments, decorated on the outside with two sample cards depicting triggerfish and angelfish.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Moulded plastic
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Chad Valley Company Limited
- Place recorded
- England
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
- gaming counters
- Museum object number
- MISC.479-1981
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.