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Culture:English (probably) or Japanese?
Title:game: whist marker
Date Made:ca. 1900
Type:Recreational Gear
Materials:lacquer, wood, ivory
Place Made:United Kindom; England (probably) or Japan?
Measurements:overall: 3 1/16 x 1 5/8 x 1/4 in.; 7.7788 x 4.1275 x .635 cm
Accession Number:  HD 85.049
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
One of two whist markers, a rectangular piece of wood with eight ivory tabs, which lift up from from the wood to be used as counters for whist card games. These were used by Duckworth family of Montague and Springfield, Massachusetts.

Tags:
games

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