A Fine c.1880 Carved Bone Scrimshaw Sailors Dice Holder & Dice sub-Antiques The traditional Darby handcuff is

The traditional Darby handcuff is reminiscent of gas lit Victorian melodramas and this example is no different

A very attractively designed

then this is a sterling chance to do it…

with a nice amount of consistent overall wear to the pile

and was defeated by either one every night - thus the darkness giving way to the light

A Fine c.1880 Carved Bone Scrimshaw Sailors Dice Holder & Dice sub-Antiques The traditional Darby handcuff isOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1875 1900 Width: 1. 5 inches square The beautiful bone dice holder modelled as a dice with scrimshaw carved playing card decoration, sliding cover to reveal compartment containing six bone dice, the side decoration to include the Queen of spades, King of spades and Jack of spades survives from the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Attractively designed and wonderfully