RARE STATEMENT 14KT GOLD ANTIQUE MOTHER OF PEARL 1730-1820 GAMBLING CHIP PENDANT

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RARE STATEMENT 14KT GOLD ANTIQUE MOTHER OF PEARL 1730-1820 GAMBLING CHIP PENDANT:
$1299.00

WEARABLE ANTIQUE ART! THE LATEST TREND IN EUROPE THIS YEAR! THIS MAGNIFICENT, ETCHED MOTHER OF PEARL PENDANT IS SET IN A 14 KT GOLD BEZEL AND IS TRULY ART. TOTAL WEIGHT IS 9.8 GRAMS.

IT MEASURES 2.5”x 1”. IN THE 14 KT FRAME IT IS 2.5” x 1.5”.

IT IS AN ANTIQUE WITH A FASCINATING HISTORY. MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO DURING THE “CHING DYNASTY”. THESE FASHIONABLE MOTHER OF PEARL CHIPS WERE MADE FOR GAMBLING.

OUT OF THE 14KT BEZEL FRAME IT IS CALLED A “COUNTER”. THEY WERE HANDCRAFTED BY THE CHINESE AND FREQUENTLY DESIGNED WITH FAMILY CREST AND INITIALS OF BRITISH NOBILITY WHILE THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTER USUALLY REPRESENTS TRADITIONAL CHINESE LIFE.

THE EAST INDIA TRADING COMPANY AND OTHER EUROPEAN MERCHANTS SOUGHT AFTER THESE EXQUISITE GAMING PEICES. A COMPLETE SET CONSISTED OF AT LEAST 200 PIECES OF THREE OR MORE SHAPES. THIS RECTANGLE COUNTER IS THE LARGEST DENOMINATION , SOUGHT AFTER AND RARE TO FIND.

SHOULD YOU EVER BE IN EUROPE AT ANY OF THE ANTIQUE FLEA MARKETS YOU MIGHT FIND THE SMALLER ONES AND PROBABLY NOT IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.

THIS UNIQUE PENDANT HAS 5.5MM BALES AT EACH END AND WILL ACCOMMODATE A THICKER CHAIN. I USED THE BALES TO CONNECT MY FINE PEARLS TO THE COUNTER. LOOKED LIKE A MILLION BUCKS!

THIS IS DEFINITELY A STATEMENT PEICE AND COMES WITH A FASCINATING ONE PAGE HISTORY (THAT I HAVE QUOTED FROM) OF THESE PRECIOUS HANDMADE GAMBLING CHIPS.

YOU’LL NEVER RUN OUT OF CONVERSATION WEARING THIS PENDANT. AND YOU”LL NEVER SEE ANOTHER ONE LIKE IT!!!

UNIQUE AND STUNNING! DOES THAT SOUND LIKE YOU?

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