Whist marker
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ivory, Mother-of-pearl [pinctada maxima], Wood
Measurements
57 mm (Width); 90 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 887836.2
Summary
One of a pair of wood and gilt whist markers, each with eight hinged ivory pieces decorated with birds and insects; this one with six beetles, a ladybird and a moth in mother-of-pearl.