A SILVER-PLATED BRASS WHIST COUNTER BOX
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A SILVER-PLATED BRASS WHIST COUNTER BOX

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

已結束2009年4月7日

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GBP 687

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A SILVER-PLATED BRASS WHIST COUNTER BOX
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The pull-off cover embossed MATTHEWS ON THE GAME OF WHIST, containing 21 gaming counters containing rules and advice to the player from the 1804 publication of Matthews's Advice to the Young Whist-Player; together with a George II silver-mounted tortoiseshell swing-action magnifying glass, the cover decorated with a stylised rose
the box, 2 in. (5.2 cm.) high; the glass, 2 7/8 in. (7.4 cm.) wide (2)