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EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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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)
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)
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