Antique Chinese Armorial Mother Of Pearl Gaming Counter Chip Handmade For Wardor Family ca collection 1830s Collectable Antique

On offer is a piece of antique Chinese mother of pearl gaming counter chip hand carved by the old Chinese artisan during early 19th century.
Fancy fretted border which helps to design a pendant much easier without damage the original chip.
Armorial decor on both sides.
Coat of arms: on a chevron between three talbots' heads, as many fleurs-de-lys; with impaled crest (to reverse): a fleurs-de-lys encircled with a ducal coronet.
Size: 69mm x 27mm
Thickness: 1.7mm

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
In the 18th century all society people played collection 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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