Late Victorian "Dice Within a Die" Charm Pendant WW1 Prinicpal ruby: 6

Prinicpal ruby: 6

The stones are set in millegrain platinum

Dates from the Art Deco period

under crowned knight's helm

Late Victorian "Dice Within a Die" Charm Pendant WW1 Prinicpal ruby: 6DATE: Victorian, c. 1890 Cool late Victorian dice charm pendant, the 18k gold case opens to house three tiny (but fully functional) dice with blue enamel dots. Given the three dice it was possibly intended as a portable way to play bunco a parlour game popular in 19th Century England, and later exported to the US where it gave its name to gambling parlors, or "Bunco parlors", and more generally to any sort of swindle. MEASUREMENTS 10. 8mm face to face