I bought, on eBay, this beautiful, carved Victorian-style (could be from the 19th century) wood bone chip-playing card container (see scan below). Three parts of the top of the box are hinged. They open up to reveal the chip-playing card compartments. The best features of the "box' are the carved playing card figures on top -- "Roxane" is the queen of hearts and "Hector" is the jack of clubs. You can see the carved figures best by clicking here (if the seller has not deleted the pictures):
http://216.32.245.142/bin/imageserver.x/00037c5a/traderscorner/tc466.jpg
http://216.32.245.142/bin/imageserver.x/00037c58/traderscorner/tc464.jpg

For the inside of the "box', click here:
http://216.32.245.142/bin/imageserver.x/00037c3c/traderscorner/tc460.jpg

THE REASON FOR THIS POST IS THE HOPE THAT SOME CULTURED MEMBER OF THE BB (THERE MUST BE ONE) CAN TELL ME THE LITERARY OR WHATEVER REFERENCES TO ROXANE AND HECTOR. Thank you.