A Silver & Bone Bridge Counter by Samuel M Levi, Birmingham 1912 sub-Religion & Relics Antique Barristers Bookcases or ‘Layers

Antique Barristers Bookcases or ‘Layers Bookcases’ were first seen in the late Victorian period

the whole on a plinth base and standing on generously sized lions paw feet surviving from Renaissance period Italy

The House was built by the 13th Lord Dacre (died 1630) between 1615 and 1630 to a design once attributed to Inigo Jones

with its hallmark being spectacular boldly modeled Majolica pieces such as these

A Silver & Bone Bridge Counter by Samuel M Levi, Birmingham 1912 sub-Religion & Relics Antique Barristers Bookcases or ‘LayersOrigin: English Period: Edwardian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1912 Height: 3. 5 Base Diameter: 2. 25 The English silver and bone bridge counter, showing the suits and no trumps, to each paddle, the suits all hand painted, to a wire framed support, the silver base hallmarked for Samuel M Levi, Birmingham 1912. The piece is intact and complete, with some slight rubbing to the hallmarks. The bone cards are all complete, and flip as they should though