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Counter with the Arms of Coulson
This early eighteenth-century gaming counter bears the arms of the Coulson family. It comes from a set that was likely produced for William Coulson (1692-1750) of Jesmond House in Northumberland or his son. William married Jane Blenkinsopp (1696-?)…
Counter with the Crest of Lee
This counter comes from a set made for Eldred Lancelot Lee and his wife Isabella Gough or one of their two sons, Lancelot Lee or Harvey Lee.i This collection includes another counter from the Lee family, but it is unclear if they are from the same…
Gaming Counter with the Arms of Bootle
The arms of the Bootle family of Lancashire, England, decorate this counter. The counter is from a set made for one of two brothers; Robert Bootle (about 1708-1758), a captain and later member of the Board of Directors of the Honourable East India…
Gaming Counter with the Arms of Bootle
The arms of the Bootle family of Lancashire, England, decorate this counter. The counter is from a set made for one of two brothers; Robert Bootle (about 1708-1758), a captain and later member of the Board of Directors of the Honourable East India…