A Piece Of Top Quality Antique offers Chinese Armorial Mother Of Pearl Gaming Counter Chip 1800s Antique Mitford Crest

On offer is a stunning piece of antique Chinese armorial mother of pearl gaming counter chip.
Superb quality of mop chip with great light pink and green light.
It was hand carved by the old Chinese artisan during Qing Dynasty ca 1810s.
Crest: two hands holding a sword offers enfiled with a boar's head.
Arms: a fess between three moles
Made for Mitford family from north England
Size: 41mm
Thickness: 1.6mm

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
In the 18th century all society people played cards including Queen Charlotte, the court and the nobility as well as the middle and poorer classes. Voltarete was the most popular game and also Pope Joan, Hombre and Quadrille.
Chinese gaming counters were available for all types of people, ranging in quality and price, from the counters made for the queen to the mass-produced counters made in Canton by the thousands.
They were always made of mother-of-pearl from shells from the Pacific Islands, cut, carved and decorated by hand to incredibly high standards. Later sets included to the reverse scenes of Chinese life, as this was when chinoiserie was all the rage.

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