On offer is a piece of antique Chinese armorial mother of pearl gaming counter chip hand engraved by the old Cantonese folk during Qing Dynasty.
Crest: A rose
A knight helmet
Arms: a bend engrailed between a lion
passant in chief and a lion counterpassant in base.
Reverse side is depicting a full scene of the Chinese ancient life with three servants in a garden.
Size: 69mm x 27mm
Thickness: 2.3mm
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
In the 18th century all society people played cards including Queen Charlotte, the court and the nobility as well as offers 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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Product code: Antique Chinese Armorial Mother Of Pearl Gaming Counter Chip Scotland Gleig Family Armorial 1810s offers