Antique Chinese Armorial Mother Of Pearl Gaming Counter Chip Sanders Family Coat Of sale Arms Motto Engraved 1800s Collectable Antique

On offer is a piece of antique Chinese mother of pearl engraved gambling token which was hand carved by the Ching Dynasty artisan from Canton.
It is an armorial gaming counter which was made for the Sanders family from the GB during early 19th century.
Crest: on a ducal coronet a demi bull.
Arms: a chevron between three bulls' heads
Motto: AUT NUNQUAM TENTES AUT PERFICE
(Either attempt nothing or do it properly)
On the reverse side, carved an old man thinking under a tree.
Size: 69mm x 27mm
Thickness: 1.7mm

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
In the 18th century all society people played 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 sale included to the reverse scenes of Chinese life, as this was when chinoiserie was all the rage.

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