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RARE•For the IVORY/MOP Gambling Collectors

The curator of the counter museum said he never saw one.

The housing is IVORY and the tabs are Mother-of-Pearl.

The monogram, of course; is that of the Bezique MOP Chip set owner. The set had 9 denominations; round and rectangular shapes of which carved uniface denominations from 1 to 1000.

I bought in from Italy when Covid-19 was full-blown and it was in transport for over 30 days.





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RARE•For the IVORY/MOP Gambling Collectors
Re: RARE•For the IVORY/MOP Gambling Collectors
What is "highly doubtful" -- that it was huge bark
Large Ivory object to illustrate size and ~~~
The portions of tusk you see above from the ~~~
Edge and end schregger (crosshatching) lines.
As w/ an Ivory casino plaque face, edge + end.
The hardware; springs, levers, pins and ~~~

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