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This counter shows the arms of coat of Pigot of Westminster, England. Remarkable about this specific counter is that it is very plain and lacking any decoration. Instead, the coat of arms is divided up into the shield which is depicted on one side of…

This service with the arms of Perceval was made either for Sir John Perceval or his son John Perceval. Sir John Perceval was MP for Cork 1703-15 and for Harwich 1722-34. He was appointed to first President of the state of Georgia in 1734 and…

This counter shows the arms of Peers of Chiselhampton Lodge in Oxfordshire, England. The shield holds three lion heads while the crest above the shield depicts a griffin.[1] This counter belonged to Charles Peers, born in 1703 as the second son of…

This counter shows the arms of Peers of Chiselhampton Lodge in Oxfordshire, England. The arms are in the shape of a diamond, or lozenge, which indicates that the set of counters was owned by an unmarried woman. The set most likely belonged to…

This counter comes from an early eighteenth-century set likely made for Christopher Nicholson ( ?-1775) or his father Thomas (1622-?). The service was most likely produced for Christopher following Thomas’ death, but since Thomas’ date of…

This early eighteenth-century gaming counter bears the arms of the Lethieullier family. It comes from a set that was likely made for a wife or sister of either John Lethieullier (1659-1737) or his cousin Christopher Lethieullier (1676-1736). We know…

This counter comes from an early eighteenth century set made for Eldred Lancelot Lee and his wife Isabella Gough or one of their two sons, Lancelot Lee or Harvey Lee.[i] It is from the same period as a porcelain set bearing the family's arms. A plate…

This counter comes from a set made for Harry Gough (1681-1751) and his wife Elizabeth Hynde (?-1774). Gough made his fortune in the China Trade, starting out as an assistant at the age of eleven and rising to captain by 1707. Gough’s profits…

This counter shows the crest from the coat of arms of the Duke of Gordon of Scottland. It consists of a stag’s head and neck and a ducal coronet.[1] Unlike most other counters this one comes in the unusual “double dog of Fo” shape.…

Personalized gaming counters like this one were part of a set and used like modern-day poker chips. However, what makes this counter interesting is not what is engraved on it, but what is omitted. It was ordered by the Godfrey family of Kent, along…