Games & Gambling - Dice & Board Games

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Dice with Tax Stamp Applications: GR and Crown Markings(Guilford Courthouse National Military Park)


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The Gaming Houseby William Hogarth c. 1732 - 1735

(Sir John Soane's Museum)


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The constitution card : The lyon of [the] sea ; The French dressers, or, England made odious

1756(Lewis Walpole Library)


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The SEA LYON



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A (Four Dice) Macaroni Gambler

by M. Darly 1772(Lewis Walpole Library)


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THE MACARONI CALDRON.



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THE HOLY ORDER OF SAINT ALMAC



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THE HOLY ORDER OF SAINT ALMAC


Dice & Dice Cup


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THE GAMESTER BES--T Or, A new way to win money

Published by J. Brown, made by William Dent 1784(The British Museum)


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THE GAMESTER BES--T Or, A new way to win money

Published by J. Brown, made by William Dent 1784(The British Museum)

Cards, Dice & Dice Cups


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REYNARDS HOPE,...

by W. Dent 1784(Lewis Walpole Library)


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COALITION ARMS

by M. Smith 1784(Lewis Walpole Library)


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COALITION ARMS

by M. Smith 1784(Lewis Walpole Library)

Dice & Dice Cup


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THE VISION

by T. Cornell 1784(Lewis Walpole Library)


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THE VISION

by T. Cornell 1784(Lewis Walpole Library)

Dice & Dice Cup


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CHARLES THE THIRD, KING OF ALL THE ORKNEYS, ...


Dice & Dice Cup


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KEEP WITHIN COMPASS AND YOU SHALL BE SURE TO AVOID MANY TROUBLES...

by Carington Bowles 1785(Lewis Walpole Library)


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KEEP WITHIN COMPASS AND YOU SHALL BE SURE TO AVOID MANY TROUBLES...

by Carington Bowles 1785(Lewis Walpole Library)


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THE GENERAL TOAST

by S.W. Fores 1786(Lewis Walpole Library)


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THE GENERAL TOAST

by S.W. Fores 1786(Lewis Walpole Library)


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EXHIBITION of the TIMES, consisting of EMBLEMS & CHARICATURES

by W. Dent 1788(Lewis Walpole Library)


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Wooden Dice Box18th Century

(National Museums of Scotland)


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Wooden Dice Boxes

Late 18th - Early 19th Century(Parkside Antiques / G.S.Theberge Collection)


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Glass Tumbler with Dice in Base

Probably Bohemia c. 1771 - 1792(Winterthur)


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Glass Tumbler with Dice in Base

Probably Bohemia c. 1771 - 1792(Winterthur)


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The W-st-r Just-Asses a Braying-or-The Downfall of the E. O. Table

by James Gilray, Published by William Humphrey 1782(The British Museum)


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Justice Wrig-ts a Coming or Secretary E.O. alias Reynard put to flight

by Thomas Colley 1782(The British Museum)


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A CAUTION to the UNWARY

by Philip Dawe 1782(The British Museum)


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The E.O. Table

A Political Satire 1783(The British Museum)


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The E.O. Table

A Political Satire 1783(The British Museum)


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Gatfield & Co. Trade Card

18th Century(The British Museum)


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Gatfield & Co. Trade Card

18th Century(The British Museum)


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English Game Table17th Century


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Draughts Piece18th Century

(The National Trust)


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A Group of Men Playing Chess on a Panel Above the Fireplace in the Hunting Room at Clandon Park, Surreyby Daniel Gardner

(National Trust)


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A Group of Men Playing Chess on a Panel Above the Fireplace in the Hunting Room at Clandon Park, Surreyby Daniel Gardner

(National Trust)


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Chess Board18th Century



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Chess Piece18th Century



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Chess Pieces

18th Century


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Chess Pieces18th Century


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Pearwood Chess Set owned by Benjamin Franklinc. 1750 - 1780

(American Philosophical Society Museum, Philadelphia)


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German Polychrome Carved Chess PiecesLate 18th Century

(Christies Auction House)


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A GAME AT CHESS

by J. Bretherton 1780(Lewis Walpole Library)


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The Game of Checkers

by Michel Barthlemy Ollivier c. 1765 - 1770
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Two Men Playing Chess

by the Circle of Arthur Devis(Kings Lynn Town Hall)


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A German Walnut & Marquetry Folding Backgammon & Chess Board18th Century

(Christies Auction House)


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Folding Backgammon & Chess Board18th Century

(Morristown National Historic Park)


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German Rosewood Backgammon & Chess Boardc. 1780

(Jong Antiques)


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German Rosewood Backgammon & Chess Boardc. 1780

(Jong Antiques)


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The Dutch Back Gammon Playersby William Wynne Ryland after David Teniers the Younger c. 1750 - 1800

(The British Museum)


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The Jovial Gamestersby Richard Brookshaw After Adriaen van Ostade c. 1751



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The Jovial Gamestersby Richard Brookshaw After Adriaen van Ostade c. 1751



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Gioco dell' Oca (Game of the Goose)Late 17th Century



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English Handkerchief, The Game of the GooseCotton c. 1780 - 1790

(Colonial Williamsburg)


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Mahogany Writing & Game (Chess, Cribbage, & Backgammon) Tablec. 1780

(Malcolm Franklin, Inc.)


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Covent Garden Gaming Table

by James Hulett , printed by John Ryall c. 1746(The British Museum)


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L - d M - ---ns Divertion1748



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